César Gabriel de Choiseul-Praslin
César Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin (born August 14, 1712 in Paris ; † November 15, 1785 ibid) was a French military, diplomat and statesman. He was Marquis de Choiseul , Comte de Chevigny et de La Rivière, Viscount de Melun et de Vaux , Baron de La Flèche , de Sainte-Suzanne , et de Giry , Seigneur de Chassy. César Gabriel de Choiseul was the son of Hubert de Choiseul († 1727), called Marquis de Choiseul, and Henriette Louise de Beauvau .
He was appointed lieutenant-général and served as ambassador to Vienna. As a relative of Étienne François de Choiseul, Count of Stainville , he was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from October 13, 1761 , i.e. French Foreign Minister. On January 1, 1762 he was accepted into the Order of the Holy Spirit , and on November 2, 1762 he was appointed Duke of Praslin and Peer of France . On April 10, 1766, he moved to the Ministry of the Navy, when Étienne de Choiseul again took over the foreign office. On December 15, 1769, César Gabriel de Choiseul became an honorary member of the Académie des Sciences . On December 24, 1770, he resigned from the ministry in disgrace and was replaced by the Abbé Joseph Marie Terray .
On April 30, 1732 he married Anne Marie de Champagne de Villaines de La Suze († December 27, 1783), daughter of René Brandelis, Marquis de Villaines et de la Varenne, and Catherine Thérèse Le Royer. The couple had two children:
- René César Louis (1735–1791), 2nd Duc de Praslin, Peer of France etc. ⚭ 1754 Guyonne Marguerite Philippine de Durfort (1739–1806), daughter of Louis de Durfort, 4th Duc de Quintin et de Lorge, Pair de France
- Elisabeth Céleste Adélaide (1737–1768); ⚭ 1752, separated in 1760, Florent Alexandre de la Baume († 1794), 14th Comte de Montrevel, Field Marshal ( La Baume-Montrevel )
literature
- Nicolas de Condorcet Éloge de M. le duc de Praslin , dans Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences - Année 1785 , Imprimerie royale, Paris, 1788, pp. 137–155
- Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Volume XV, 1847, p. 52
- Prosper Levot, A. Doneaud, Les gloires maritimes de la France. Notices biographiques sur les plus célèbres marins , Arthus Bertrand éditeur, Paris, 1866, pp. 414–415 ( lire en ligne )
- Anselme de Sainte-Marie, Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie, 1868, p. 805
- Jean-Philippe Zanco, Dictionnaire des ministres de la Marine 1689-1958 , SPM Kronos, Paris 2011.
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| SURNAME | Choiseul-Praslin, César Gabriel de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Choiseul, César Gabriel de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military, diplomat and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1785 |
| Place of death | Paris |