Émile Félix Fleury
Émile Félix Fleury (born December 23, 1815 in Paris , † December 11, 1884 ibid) was a French officer and diplomat, most recently with the rank of general and ambassador .
Fleury joined the Spahis corps in Algeria in 1837 and became a captain in 1844. In July 1848 he returned to France as a staff officer , where he enthusiastically joined the Bonapartist party. As a result, he was appointed orderly officer of President Ludwig Napoleon in December .
In 1851 Fleury took part in the expedition in Kabylia and was appointed adjutant to the emperor in 1861 , and in 1862 general director of the imperial stud farms . In 1865 he was made a senator and in the following year he received the title of master stable master . At the end of 1866, after the annexation of Veneto to the Kingdom of Italy, he was sent as an ambassador to King Victor Emmanuel II . In 1869 he became Talleyrand's ambassador in Saint Petersburg .
In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, Fleury was its representative in Russia until the fall of the Empire . Since then he has lived without a public position in France.
Émile Félix Fleury died in Paris on December 11, 1884.
Web links
- Literature by and about Émile Félix Fleury in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fleury, Émile Félix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1884 |
| Place of death | Paris |