Pierre-Louis de Blacas d'Aulps

Pierre-Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas d'Aulps, Duc de Blacas

Crypt niche in front of the Bourbon crypt of the Kostanjevica monastery (Nova Gorica / Slovenia) with the sarcophagus of the Duc de Blacas

Pierre-Louis Jean Casimir de Blacas d'Aulps , since 1821 French Duc de Blacas and since 1838 Austrian Prince von Blacas d'Aulps , (born January 12, 1771 at Vérignon Castle near Aulps , Provence , France ; † November 17, 1839 in Vienna , Austria ), French statesman and diplomat; staunch royalist and one of the most important advisers and ministers of the Bourbons .

He was the only son of Alexandre-Pierre de Blacas d'Aulps, Marquis de Blacas. With a decree of April 30, 1821 (diploma of September 11, 1824) he was raised to the French "Duc de Blacas". From 1829 to 1839 the art collector and numismatist was the first president of the Istituto di corrispondenza archeologica . As the court minister of King Charles X. He accompanied France into exile in 1830. With a diploma dated June 23, 1838, Pierre-Louis de Blacas d'Aulps received the Austrian prince status inherited in the Primogenitur as "Prince of Blacas d'Aulps", the remaining descendants were also given the status of Austrian count. In 1839 he acquired Schloss Frohsdorf near Vienna and bequeathed it to the French pretender Henri d'Artois .

After his death he was buried in a niche in front of the Bourbon crypt of the Konstanjevica monastery in Gorizia (now Nova Gorica in Slovenia ).

literature

• Ernest Daudet : Histoire de l'émigration pendant la révolution française. Volume 3: Du dix-huit brumaire à la Restauration. Hachette et Cie, Paris 1907.
• Ernest Daudet: Joseph de Maistre et Blacas. Leur correspondance inédite et l'histoire de leur amitié. 1804-1820. Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Paris 1908.
• Joseph Toussaint Reinaud : Description of the monuments musulmans du cabinet de M. le duc de Blacas. 2 volumes. Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1828.