Jean-François de Bourgoing
Jean-François de Bourgoing (born November 20, 1748 in Nevers , † July 20, 1811 in Karlsbad ) was a French diplomat and writer.
Life
De Bourgoing graduated from the military academy (École militaire de Paris) from 1760, then studied at the University of Strasbourg and in 1768 joined the Régiment d'infanterie d''Auvergne as an officer. Without ever having fought, he soon moved from there to the diplomatic service. He was initially an attaché at the French embassy in Regensburg . When he made presentations to Étienne-François de Choiseul about an order, he was sent back to his regiment, in which he now served seven years. In 1777 he was attached to the French ambassador in Madrid, Montmorin . Here, during his nine-year stay, he acquired a thorough knowledge of Spain, such as his work Nouveau voyage en Espagne, ou tableau de l'état actuel de cette monarchie (3 vols., Paris 1789; 4th edition under the title Tableau de l ' Espagne Moderne , 1807; German, 4 vols., Jena 1789–1808) proves. In 1787 he was Louis XVI. Plenipotentiary envoy to the princes and estates of the Lower Saxony district in Hamburg and went as envoy to the Spanish court in Madrid in 1792 . Dismissed when the war between Spain and France broke out in 1793, he lived under the Directory in Nevers until he was led by Napoleon I after the coup d'état of 18th Brumaire VIII (November 9th 1799) . In 1800 he was sent as envoy to Copenhagen and 1801 to Stockholm . In 1807 he became envoy in Dresden and died in Karlsbad in 1811 at the age of 62. His son Paul-Charles-Amable de Bourgoing also became a diplomat.
Works
- Tableau de l'Espagne Moderne . Paris: Chez Levrault frères, Libraires, quai Malaquais, et à Strasbourg, chez les mêmes, 1796–1797
- Mémoires historiques et philosophiques sur Pie VI et son pontificat , 2 vols., Paris 1798–1800; 2nd edition 1800
- Coup d'œil politique sur l'Europe à la fin du dixhuitième siècle , 2 vols., Paris 1801
- Publisher: Voyage du ci-devant duc du Châtelet, en Portugal, ou se trouvent des details interesstans sur ses colonies, sur le tremblement de terre de Lisbonne, sur M. de Pombal et la Cour. Paris: Buisson, 1797–1798
Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honor ,
- Académie des sciences , corresponding member
- Royal Danish Academy of Sciences , member
- Academy of non-profit science in Erfurt, external member from 1808
- Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , foreign member from 1810
- Knight of the Swedish North Star Order .
literature
- Jean-François de Bourgoing . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 3, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 283.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archives nationales, Dossier LH / 330/35.
Web links
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Armand Marc de Montmorin Saint-Hérem Louis Marie de Pons, Marquis de Grignols |
French envoy to Spain 1783–1787 1792–1796 |
Paul François de Quelen de La Vauguyon Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon |
| de Viviers |
French envoy to the Hanseatic cities 1788–1790 |
Sauveur-Joseph Gandolphe |
| Henri de Perrochel |
French envoy to Sweden 1802–1804 |
Charles-Jean-Marie Alquier |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourgoing, Jean-François de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nevers |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1811 |
| Place of death | Carlsbad |