Armand Marc de Montmorin Saint-Hérem

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Armand Marc de Montmorin Saint-Hérem

Armand Marc Graf de Montmorin-Saint Herem (born October 13, 1745 - September 2, 1792 ) was a French statesman. He was under Louis XVI. Foreign minister.

Life

De Montmorin came from the branch of a noble family in the Auvergne . He was ambassador to Madrid. From Madrid he was called to Brittany and in 1787 the king appointed him to succeed Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Montmorin was an admirer of Jacques Necker who promoted him at court. He was retired when Necker was released on July 12, 1789. After Necker's recall after the storming of the Bastille , Montmorin was back in his office, which he held until October 1791.

Honoré Mirabeau had already contacted him in December 1788 regarding a plan for the policy to be pursued by the court towards the new Estates General . However, Montmorin felt offended by Mirabeau's attacks on Necker and his piquant work Histoire de la cour de Berlin and refused to see him.

However, as the French Revolution progressed , this attitude changed. The Comte de la Marck tried to put Mirabeau in contact with the court and needed Montmorin's assistance to do so. The two men were soon very familiar. While Montmorin officially remained minister, Mirabeau pulled the strings in the background. Montmorin dared not make a decision without consulting Mirabeau, but neither Mirabeau nor La Marck were under any illusions as to his character. Mirabeau complained bitterly that Montmorin was "flabby" and a "weakling". La Marck believed that Montmorin's weakness was occasionally useful in curbing Mirabeau's impulsiveness.

Mirabeau's death in April 1791 was a severe blow to Montmorin. After the flight of the royal family to Varennes , which he was not privy to, he got into great trouble and had to resign on November 29, 1791. However, he continued to advise Ludwig and was one of the king's closest friends, whom the revolutionaries called "the Austrian committee".

In June 1792 his papers were confiscated at the Foreign Ministry without any incriminating material being discovered. He was denounced in July and ostracized after August 10th. He escaped to a washerwoman's house but was discovered, taken before the Legislative Assembly and imprisoned in the abbey, where he was killed in the September massacres. His relative Louis Victor Henri, Marquis de Montmorin de Saint-Herem, head of the top branch of the family, also died in the massacre.

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SURNAME Montmorin Saint-Hérem, Armand Marc de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French statesman
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1745
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1792