Fernand Renault
{{Short description|French industrialist}}
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| image = Fernand Renault en 1909, année de son décès à 44 ans.jpg
| caption = Fernand Renault in 1909, the year of his death.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|11|28}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|3|22|1864|11|28}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| known_for = Entrepreneur
| father = Alfred Renault
| relatives = {{unbulleted list|Marcel Renault (brother)|Louis Renault (brother)|Henri {{interlanguage link|Lefèvre-Pontalis|fr}} (son-in-law)|François Lehideux (son-in-law)|Philippe Soupault (nephew)}}
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Fernand Renault (28 November 1864, Paris – 22 March 1909, Paris) was one of the brothers that founded Renault, the French automobile manufacturer, in 1899.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/galeri-otomotiv-devinin-arac-mezarligi-binlercesi-oylece-yatiyor-40790533/46|title = Otomotiv devinin araç mezarlığı... Binlercesi öylece yatıyor}}{{Cite web|url=https://group.renault.com/en/our-company/heritage/the-beginning/|title = The beginning - the History of Renault - Groupe Renault - Renault Group}}
Biography
Fernand played an important role in the development of the commercial network of Renault, particularly by creating the first subsidiaries in England, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United States.
In 1908, for health reasons, he sold his shares in Renault Frères to his brother Louis, who renamed it Société des Automobiles Louis Renault.
After a long illness, he died in 1909.
Family
File:Renault Frères Trois BW.jpg
He married Charlotte Marie Louise Dancognée on June 1, 1891, the daughter of a lawyer and aunt of Philippe Soupault. Together they had two daughters:
- Fernande (1895-1992), married in 1918 to Henri {{interlanguage link|Lefèvre-Pontalis|fr}}.
- Françoise (1908-1986), married in 1929 to François Lehideux (1904-1998), company director and minister, together having:
- Patrick Lehideux (1930), husband of Michèle ArnaudShe was a direct descendant of {{interlanguage link|Pons de Lauzières-Thémines|fr}} (1553-1627), Marshal of France. (1919-1998), artist and television producer She was also the mother of Dominique Walter, singer and {{interlanguage link|Florence Gruère|fr}}, photographer.
- Gérald Lehideux
- Marie-France Lehideux
- Maitchou Lehideux, wife of Count {{interlanguage link|Jacques-Alain de Sédouy|fr}}
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