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François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (Paris, 21 December 1870 – Paris, 20 June 1951), son of historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
 Georges Picot
Georges Picot

Georges Marie Ren? Picot was a France lawyer and historian.Born in Paris, son of Charles Picot and wife Henriette Bidois , his main work is Histoire des ?tats g?n?raux for which he twice gained the prize of the French Academy in 1873 and 1874....
 and grand-uncle of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Val?ry Marie Ren? Georges Giscard d'Estaing,Constitutional Council of France , is a France centrism-conservatism politician who was President of France of the French Fifth Republic from 1974 until 1981....
, was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 diplomat who signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Sykes-Picot Agreement

The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was a secret agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France, with the assent of Imperial Russia, defining their respective spheres of influence and control in west Asia after the expected downfall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I....
 during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, with the Englishman, Sir Mark Sykes, dividing up the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 into British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and, later, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n and Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 spheres of influence. He was responsible along with Sykes for the annexation of Arab lands and their incorporation into British and French empires.

Married in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 on 11 May 1897 to Marie Fouquet, born at Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte

Maisons-Laffitte is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Ch?teau de Maisons-Laffitte, built by architect Fran?ois Mansart in the 17th century....
 on 13 August 1873.






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François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (Paris, 21 December 1870 – Paris, 20 June 1951), son of historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
 Georges Picot
Georges Picot

Georges Marie Ren? Picot was a France lawyer and historian.Born in Paris, son of Charles Picot and wife Henriette Bidois , his main work is Histoire des ?tats g?n?raux for which he twice gained the prize of the French Academy in 1873 and 1874....
 and grand-uncle of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Val?ry Marie Ren? Georges Giscard d'Estaing,Constitutional Council of France , is a France centrism-conservatism politician who was President of France of the French Fifth Republic from 1974 until 1981....
, was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 diplomat who signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Sykes-Picot Agreement

The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was a secret agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France, with the assent of Imperial Russia, defining their respective spheres of influence and control in west Asia after the expected downfall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I....
 during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, with the Englishman, Sir Mark Sykes, dividing up the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 into British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and, later, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n and Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 spheres of influence. He was responsible along with Sykes for the annexation of Arab lands and their incorporation into British and French empires.

Married in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 on 11 May 1897 to Marie Fouquet, born at Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte

Maisons-Laffitte is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Ch?teau de Maisons-Laffitte, built by architect Fran?ois Mansart in the 17th century....
 on 13 August 1873. They had three children:
  • Jean Georges-Picot (b. Paris, 26 February 1898)
  • Élisabeth Georges-Picot (b. Paris, 27 February 1901 - 1906)
  • Sibylle Georges-Picot (b. Paris, 23 June 1903), married in Paris on 4 May 1926 with Georges Lewandowski, and had issue


Further reading

  • Vincent Cloarec, Henry Laurens
    Henry Laurens (scholar)

    Henry Laurens is a French historian, one of France's foremost experts on the Middle East, and author of several reference works about the Arab-Muslim world....
     Le Moyen-Orient au 20e siècle, Paris: Armand Colin (2003) pages 218-219 ISBN 2200266146