Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny
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Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, 1st duc de Cadore , (born August 4, 1756 in Roanne , † July 3, 1834 in Paris ), was a French statesman .
biography
Nompère de Champagny was trained at the École de Cadets in La Flèche and the École militaire in Paris , and entered the French Navy in 1774 , where he distinguished himself in the American War of Independence on the side of the Continental Army and was a ship of the line in 1782 . In 1787 he married Victoire Blandine Hue de Grosbois (1770-1821). In 1789 he was elected Deputy of the Estates General by the nobility of Forez , and joined the third estate .
During the reign of terror he withdrew into private life, but was thrown in prison until the 9th Thermidor . After the 18th Brumaire , Napoléon Bonaparte , who was then First Consul , appointed him Councilor of State in the Conseil d'État . In July 1801 he went to Vienna as an envoy . In 1804 he was appointed Minister of the Interior and in 1807 Minister of Foreign Affairs.
As foreign minister he was particularly involved in the Treaty of Fontainebleau , which resulted in the abdication of King Charles IV of Spain and Ferdinand VII and the French invasion of Spain. (see also coalition wars ). In 1808 he was made Duke of Cadore by Napoleon and stayed in Germany in 1809 , especially with Jérôme Bonaparte in Kassel . Champagny also negotiated the Peace of Schönbrunn and the marriage to Marie-Louise of Austria .
In 1811 he lost the post of foreign minister when negotiations to get Russia to participate in the continental blockade against Great Britain did not lead to the desired success. But he soon received the management of the crown domains and became a senator . During the Russian campaign he served as State Secretary to Empress Marie Luise, and in 1814 when the Allies approached in the War of Liberation , he followed her to Blois .
After Napoleon's return from Elba , he was appointed peer of France and retired into private life in the second restoration until an orderly in 1819 appointed him again to the chamber of peers.
progeny
De Champagny left four sons:
- Louis Alix de Nompère de Champagny, 2nd duc de Cadore (1796–1870), diplomat.
- François-Joseph de Champagny (1804-1882) became a member of the Académie française in 1869 .
- Napoléon Nompère, comte de Champagny (1806–1872), represented the city of Morbihan from 1852 to 1870 as a member of the Second Empire .
- Jérôme-Paul de Champagny (1809–1886), was from 1853 to 1870 a member of parliament for the Côtes-du-Nord department .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nompère de Champagny, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1756 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1834 |
| Place of death | Paris |