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 File:Emilien_Bouglione.jpg|Émilien Bouglione and his horses (c.1965)
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 File:Emilien_Bouglione_Western.jpg|Émilien Bouglione with his Mexican saddle (c.1970)
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	Émilien made his official debut in 1943, billed as "Le plus jeune cavalier de France" (The Youngest Horseman in France"), under the tutelage of [[Achille Zavatta]], a celebrated clown and one of the most protean figures the circus world ever produced. Young Émilien, however, had already been used in small parts in the pantomime ''Blanche-Neige'' ("Snow White")—one of the innovative circus operettas the Bougliones staged with the [[Géo Sandry]], their conceptor and director, during the German occupation to uplift the Parisians' spirits.		Émilien made his official debut in 1943, billed as "Le plus jeune cavalier de France" (The Youngest Horseman in France"), under the tutelage of [[Achille Zavatta]], a celebrated clown and one of the most protean figures the circus world ever produced. Young Émilien, however, had already been used in small parts in the pantomime ''Blanche-Neige'' ("Snow White")—one of the innovative circus operettas the Bougliones staged with the [[Géo Sandry]], their conceptor and director, during the German occupation to uplift the Parisians' spirits.
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	To Émilien, this experience had been a useful training in theatricality and showmanship. He also appeared in small parts with some of the great clowns of the times, who rotated through the Bougliones' circus rings with the reliability of a well-maintained mechanism. After the war, during school holidays, he began to familiarize himself with his uncle Sampion's ''cavalerie'': seven Ukrainian stallions, which he eventually took over in 1950.		To Émilien, this experience had been a useful training in theatricality and showmanship. He also appeared in small parts with some of the great clowns of the times, who rotated through the Bougliones' circus rings with the reliability of a well-maintained mechanism. After the war, during school holidays, he began to familiarize himself with his uncle Sampion's ''cavalerie'': seven Ukrainian stallions, which he eventually took over in 1950.

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 ===The Bouglione Family===
-He was born Jules Émilien Buffalo-Bill Bouglione on July 20th, 1934, in Coulommiers (a town famous for its cheese, east of Paris), where the circus was performing. His father, the legendary circus director Joseph Bouglione (1904-1987), and his Belgian mother, Rosalie Van Been (1910-2018), were both of Roma descent and came from the world of fairground menageries, which were, between the two world wars, restructuring into the modern traveling circus.
+He was born Jules Émilien Buffalo-Bill Bouglione on July 20th, 1934, in Coulommiers (a town famous for its cheese, east of Paris), where his family's circus was performing. His father, the legendary circus director Joseph Bouglione (1904-1987), and his Belgian mother, Rosalie Van Been (1910-2018), were both of Roma descent and came from the world of fairground menageries, which were, between the two world wars, restructuring into the modern traveling circus.
 [[File:Joseph_-_Rosa_Bouglione.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Joseph and Rosa Bouglione (1963)]]The father and uncles of "Julot" (the diminutive by which Emilien was known by his close friends and family) had already paraded under a succession of picturesque banners&mdash;including one that helped them build their fortune: ''Stade Bufalo-Bill''&mdash;before settling on the proud ''Cirque des 4 Frères Bouglione''. It is said that the day after their newest family member, Jules Émilien, had arrived, they signed the contract making them tenants of the [[Cirque d'Hiver]] in Paris, the world's oldest circus building, which eventually became their property.

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 File:Bouglione_Family.jpg| Émilien Bouglione and Family in Monte Carlo (1974)
 File:Emilien_Bouglione_poster.jpg|Poster featuring Émilien Bouglione (c.1975)
 File:Emilien_Bouglione_-_old_age.jpg|Émilien Bouglione, the Circus Prince (c.2015)
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 ===Epilogue===
-[[File:Emilien_Bouglione_-_old_age.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Émilien Bouglione (c.2015)]]Little by little, Émilien's children took over the full management of the Cirque d'Hiver. Joseph had been the shows' very talented artistic director since the Cirque d'Hiver had resumed its circus activities, assisted by his sister Regina, who oversees the look and elegant wardrobe of artists and personnel. Louis-Sampion, who shared his father's passion for history and collecting, created the private Musée Émilien Bouglione in the Cirque d'Hiver, and makes sure the cultural and historical values of the legendary Parisian building are appreciated and safeguarded. Finally, Odette became CEO of the entire Bouglione organization. They all share with their father elegance, talent, and a committed respect for the place of their family in circus history.
+Little by little, Émilien's children took over the full management of the Cirque d'Hiver. Joseph had been the shows' very talented artistic director since the Cirque d'Hiver had resumed its circus activities, assisted by his sister Regina, who oversees the look and elegant wardrobe of artists and personnel. [[File:Emilien_Bouglione_-_old_age.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Émilien Bouglione (c.2015)]]Louis-Sampion, who shared his father's passion for history and collecting, created the private Musée Émilien Bouglione in the Cirque d'Hiver, and makes sure the cultural and historical values of the legendary Parisian building are appreciated and safeguarded. Finally, Odette became CEO of the entire Bouglione organization. They all share with their father elegance, talent, and a committed respect for the place of their family in circus history.
 Émilien Bouglione passed away in Paris on March 15, 2026; he was ninety-two. His funeral service was held at the Église Saint-Roch, rue St. Honoré in Paris, and was attended by a large crowd of friends, circus professionals, and admirers. ''Le Prince du Cirque'' ("The Circus Prince"), as he was often called, joined two previous generations of his ancestors in the Bouglione dynasty's mausoleum at the cemetery of Lizy-sur-Ourq, near Paris. Émilien Bouglione was one of those beloved personalities thanks to whom the word "circus" continues to evoke fascination and legend rather than mere nostalgia.