Alfred Comte [SEP] date of death
Alfred Comte
Alfred Comte (4 June 1895 – 1 November 1965) was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He was active as a pilot, photographer, instructor, also as one of the first aviation entrepreneurs and was successful in the construction of civilian and military aircraft.
Life.
At the age of 15 Alfred Comte built a motorized bicycle. Comte obtained his private pilot's license in 1913 from the "Aéro-Club of France". At the start of World War I, he served as a pilot in
- Prince Armand (1817–1890), later 4th Duc de Polignac; he has male-line descendants to date who bear the principal title.
- Princess Seyna-Camille (1818–1833)
After his first wife's death in 1819, he married in London, on 3 June 1824, to Charlotte, Comtesse de Choiseul, widow of Comte Cesar de Choiseul (d. 1821), "née" the Honourable (Maria) Charlotte Parkyns (St. Marylebone, 6 Jan. 1792 – 1/2 Sep. 1864). She was the