Marie Say

Marie Say (1857–1943) was a French heiress and socialite. Early life Marie Say was born on 25 August 1857 in Verrières-le-Buisson near Paris. Her paternal grandfather, Louis Auguste Say, was the founder of the Say sugar company (now a subsidiary of Tereos). Her father, Constant André Say, ran the family business, which sold sugar made from beetroot. Her uncle, Jean-Baptiste Say, was an economist and formulator of Say's law. Her sister, Jeanne (1848–1916), married Roland, Marquis de Cossé-Brissac (1843–1871), and her brother, Henry (1855–1899), succeeded his father at the Say refinery. Adult life Say purchased the château de Chaumont with her inheritance in 1875, at the age of seventeen. Shortly after, she married Prince Amédée de Broglie, at the Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris. They had five children (Albert, Antoinette, Jacques, Robert and Marguerite) together.