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VICOMTE DES PRÉS DE MONTPEZAT

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THE PRINCE, GENERICALLY KNOWN AS JAMES BOURBON DAMPIERRE, IS THE LAWFUL CONSORT OF HRH THE PRINCE LOUIS OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE, PRINCE ROYAL OF BELGIUM. PRINCE LOUIS IS THE YOUNGEST SON OF HM KING ALBERT II OF BELGIUM, KING EMERITUS FROM AN AFFAIR WITH THE LATE HRH PRINCESS SANDRINE OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE. PRINCE LOUIS IS THE YOUNGER HALF-BROTHER OF HM KING PHILIP OF THE BELGIANS. PRINCE LOUIS HAS SERVED IN THE FRENCH NAVY AS A FLAG OFFICER FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS AND HE MAINTAINS A LOW PROFILE TO ENSURE HIS PERSONAL SECURITY. THE PRINCELY COUPLE ARE COUNTED AS THE 8TH HEIRS-IN-WAITING TO THE BELGIAN THRONE AND CROWN.

 

BORN AS THE HONORABLE JAMES REID DePRIEST, VICOMTE DES PRES DE MONTPEZAT, ON NOVEMBER 28, 1977 AT THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD HOSPITAL IN OAK BLUFFS, MA, U.S.A THE 3RD SON OF THE LATE RIGHT HONORABLE ASHLEY THOMAS, DePRIEST, COUNT DES PRES DE MONTPEZAT, AND MRS. BERNADETTE VAN DER HOOP-REBELLO. THE PRINCE HAS 3 BROTHERS AND A HALF BROTHER.

 

ON HIS PATERNAL SIDE, THE PRINCE IS THE 10TH GREAT GRANDSON OF THE REVEREND THOMAS MAYHEW WHO MINISTERED TO THE WAMPANOAG PEOPLES OF NOEPE (MARTHA'S VINEYARD) IN THE 17TH CENTURY. HE IS ALSO THE 15TH GREAT GRANDSON OF HENRY VII OF ENGLAND, AS WELL AS THE 15TH GREAT GRANDSON OF KING JAMES IV OF SCOTLAND (VIA JAMES I, II, III OF SCOTLAND). THE PRINCE IS THE 12TH GREAT GRANDSON OF ROBERT DES PRÉS, COMTE DES PRÉS DE MONTPEZAT, WHO WAS A FRENCH HUGUENOT WHO FLED FRANCE TO THE VIRGINIA CROWN COLONY VIA BELGIUM FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THE SURNAME WAS ANGLICIZED TO DePRIEST BY THE VIRGINIA COLONIAL CROWN. THE PRINCE HAS LAWFUL BLOOD RELATION TO MANY OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS OF EUROPE. THE PRINCE IS LAWFULLY COUNTED AS AN HEIR-IN-WAITING TO THE CROWNS OF: DENMARK; RUSSIA; THE UNITED KINGDOM; SPAIN; PORTUGAL; THE NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; AND SWEDEN.

 

ON HIS MATERNAL LINE, THE PRINCE IS THE 3RD GREAT GRANDSON OF PRINCESS BEULAH AU'OCCOUCH OF THE AQUINNAH WAMPANOAG TRIBAL NATION. PRINCESS BEULAH WAS THE ORGANIZER, AND CHIEF PROPAGATOR OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD. THE PRINCE IS THE 2ND GREAT GRANDSON OF MARY AMELIA CLEGGETT-VAN DER HOOP WHO WAS ONE OF THE 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN TO GRADUATE FROM LAWRENCE COLLEGE (NOW UNIVERSITY) IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN WHO WENT ON TO BECOME A FAMOUS WRITER IN NEW ENGLAND. MARY'S HUSBAND, THE PRINCE'S 2ND GREAT GRANDFATHER, THE HONORABLE EDWIN DeVRIES VAN DER HOOP WAS THE 1ST NATIVE AMERICAN TO BE APPOINTED TO CABINET IN AMERICAN HISTORY. HE WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT HARDING AS A MINISTER AND AS THE FIRST AMBASSADOR TO THE NEWBORN REPUBLIC OF HAITI. EDWIN DeVRIES VAN DER HOOP WOULD GO ON TO BECOME THE 1ST ELECTED NATIVE AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE REPRESENTING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

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CHILDHOOD & EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

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PRINCE JAMES WAS ENTIRELY RAISED IN THE EXCLUSIVE EAST CHOP DISTRICT OF OAK BLUFFS, MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA WHERE HE WAS FOND OF CHASING THE DAYDREAMS & ADVENTURES THAT RAGED WITHIN THE SANCTITY OF HIS "INNER MONOLOGUE" WHILE PLAYING IN THE MARSHES, MEADOWS, AND FORESTS OF EAST CHOP. HE WAS ALWAYS OUT OF DOORS IN THE SPRING, SUMMER, AND AUTUMN WITH THE FRESHEST AIR AND THE BRIGHTEST SUNSHINE. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS VIVID IMAGINATION THAT TOOK HIM TO FANTASTIC MAGICAL PLACES THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE.​

 

THE PRINCE WAS EDUCATED ENTIRELY IN THE EXCLUSIVE MARTHA'S VINEYARD SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE ATTENDED GRAMMAR LEVEL AT THE OAK BLUFFS SCHOOL, THEN HE ATTENDED THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1991 UNTIL GRADUATION IN JUNE 1995. THEREAFTER, THE PRINCE WENT ON TO STUDY SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY AT BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY. AT BRIDGEWATER THE PRINCE WAS NOT STIMULATED BY THE CURRICULUM AND HE CHOSE TO LEAVE UNIVERSITY IN THE SPRING OF 1996 AND JOINED THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT.

 

THE PRINCE WOULD GO ON IN LATER YEARS TO RECEIVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM L'ÉCOLE ROYALE COSQUÉRIENNE DES SCIENCES AGRICOLES IN NORTHWEST FRANCE (A STATE OWNED VOCATIONAL COLLEGE). A FEW YEARS ON HE ACHIEVED TWO MASTER'S DEGREES IN: ARBOREAL MANAGEMENT; AND IRRIGATION MANAGMENT FROM THE SAME EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. THE PRINCE WENT ON TO ACHIEVE A MASTER'S DEGREE OF FRENCH COMMON LAW FROM THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE'S BUREAU OF LEGAL CLASSIFICATION AND LICENSURE IN 2017. THE PRINCE IS A QUALIFIED BARRISTER SOLICITOR IN THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE, AND FRANCE BY EXTENSION.

 

DURING HIS HIGHER EDUCATION TIME SPENT IN FRANCE THE THEN VICOMTE DES PRES DE MONTPEZAT MET HIS FUTURE HUSBAND HRH PRINCE LOUIS OF BOURBON AT A CONFERENCE ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS IN 2012. THE PRINCELY COUPLE BEGAN DATING SERIOUSLY THEREAFTER AND THEY BECOME BETROTHED IN 2016. THE PRINCELY COUPLE WOULD THEN GO ON TO BE MARRIED AT A SMALL, PRIVATE CEREMONY AT LA CATHÉDRALE NOTRE DAME IN PARIS IN AUGUST OF 2022. AFTER THE CONSORTSHIP VOWS WERE CONSECRATED BY THE OFFICIANT THE PRINCE WAS CROWNED BY KING PHILIP OF THE BELGIANS AS THE PRINCE CONSORT OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF BOURBON DAMPIERRE, SOVEREIGN DUKE OF AQUITAINE.

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INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY

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IN 1996 THE PRINCE JOINED THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT AFTER HAVING BEEN RECRUITED BY THE LATE VERNON HARPER WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, AND CONSEQUENTIAL LEADERS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT. THE PRINCE SERVED AIM IN THE CAPACITY OF AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WHERE HE TRACKED DOWN INDIGENOUS WOMEN & CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN SOLD INTO SEXUAL ENSLAVEMENT OR FOR ORGAN HARVESTING. IN HIS 30 YEARS WITH AIM HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE LIBERATION AND REPATRIATION OF 35 INDIGENGOUS WOMEN, AND 50 INDIGENOUS CHILDREN. THE PRINCE HAS ALWAYS SAID OF HIS TIME AT AIM, "35 & 50 ARE AMAZING NUMBERS OF LIBERATED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BUT I COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE. NOT LIBERATING MORE INDIGENOUS WOMEN & CHILDREN IS MY GREATEST REGRET IN THIS LIFE."

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HRH'S CAREER WITH AIM CAME TO A CLOSE IN 2019 AFTER THE DEATH OF VERNON HARPER WHO HAD BEEN HRH'S MENTOR AND DIRECT SUPERVISOR. VERN WAS ALSO A VERY DEAR FRIEND AND CONFIDANT OF THE PRINCE'S, SO WHEN VERN PASSED IN 2018 THE PRINCE DID NOT CONTINUE WITH AIM HAVING LOST HIS APPETITE FOR THE OFTEN DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENTS THAT HE TOOK ON. THE PRINCE SAID OF THOSE LAST DAYS OF HIS 30 YEAR CAREER IN AN INTERVIEW ON THE CBC (CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP), " WHEN HE DIED (HARPER) I JUST COULDN'T CONTINUE MY WORK BECAUSE I WAS DEEPLY IN GRIEF. A LOT HAD HAPPENED DURING THOSE 30 YEARS THAT HAVE DUALLY HAUNTED ME AND HAVE MADE ME PROUD OF MY EFFORTS." THE PRINCE DISCHARGED HIS FINAL DUTIES ON 3 NOVEMBER 2018 IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC. HE BEGAN A NEW CHAPTER HAVING ACCEPTED PRINCE LOUIS' PROPOSAL OF CONSORTSHIP.

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PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

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THE PRINCE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND ENTREPRENEUR THROUGHOUT HIS ADULT LIFE. HE BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE AS AN OPERATIONS COORDINATOR WITH CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC FROM 2000 - 2003 WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO TRAVEL WORLDWIDE FOR FREE SO THAT HE COULD CONTINUE HIS WORK FOR AIM. HRH LEFT THE AIRLINES INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE EVENTS ON 9/11/01.

 

THE PRINCE OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS FIRM FROM 2008 TO 2013 THAT PROVIDED LOGISTICS SERVICES TO TWO MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD. HE WOULD LATER ESTABLISH DE VELVILLE & LE COSQUER PUBLISHING IN 2019 WHICH GAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE TO FORMERLY DISENFRANCHISED BIPOC AUTHORS. HE SIMULTANEOUSLY WROTE 11 BOOKS DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THE PRINCE FOUNDED DE VELVILLE & LE COSQUER FILM STUDIOS, S.A. IN 2020 AND HAS CAMPUSES IN TORONTO, PARIS, AND NYC.

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ACCESION TO THE CORONET & OFFICE OF THE SOVEREIGN DUKE

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AS A CONDITION OF A PERMANENT REGNANT-TO-CONSORT RELATIONSHIP, THE PRINCE STEPPED DOWN AS CEO OF ALL OF HIS COMMERCIAL CONCERNS, AND FROM HIS WORK AT THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT. WHEN THE PRINCELY COUPLE CONSECRATED THEIR REGNANT-CONSORT PARTNERSHIP ON 22 AUGUST 2022 HE APPOINTED MSR. ADRIEN DU CHESNE TO TAKE OVER IN THE PRINCE'S NAME.

 

PRINCE JAMES WENT ON TO BECOME THE SOVEREIGN DUKE OF AQUITAINE AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE OF THE DUCHY SINCE 22 AUGUST 2022. THE PRINCE OVERSEES ALL COMMERCIAL CONCERNS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE DUCHY. THE PRINCE CONTINUES TO WRITE NON-FICTION BOOKS ABOUT THE TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS, AND ADVENTURES OF HIS STORIED LIFE. THE PRINCE IS THE END OF THE VERY LONG LINE OF THE HOUSE AND FAMILY OF POITIERS. THE PRINCE IS THE 19TH, 20TH, AND 21ST GREAT GRANDSON (MANY INTERMARRIAGES) OF ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE AND HENRY II OF ENGLAND WHICH WAS THE PRIMARY REASON WHY HE WAS CROWNED AS SOVEREIGN DUKE OF AQUITAINE ON HIS WEDDING DAY.

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THE PRINCELY COUPLE MAINTAIN THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE AT THE DUCAL PALACE IN POITIERS, AQUITAINE. TRH ALSO MAINTAIN PRIVATE HOMES IN BRITTANY, PARIS, AND NYC.

 

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