Louis-Mathieu Molé
Louis-Mathieu, comte Molé , (born January 24, 1781 in Paris , † November 23, 1855 in Épinay-Champlâtreux ), was a French politician .
Life
Molé lived in Switzerland and England during the French Revolution , returned to France around 1796, and gained favor with his book “ Essai de morale et de politique ”, in which he outlined the rule of Napoleon I as a political necessity Napoleons, and became Maître des requêtes (Requetenmeister), 1807 Prefect of the Département Côte-d'Or , 1809 he became State Councilor ( Conseil d'État ), soon afterwards General Director of Bridges and Chausseen , Count of the Empire and 1813 Minister of Justice .
When Napoleon abdicated, he resigned and later joined the constitutional royalists . In August 1815 he was promoted to peer of France . From September 1815 to December 1818 he was Minister of the Navy in the Duke of Richelieu's cabinet . In the Chambre des Pairs (chamber of peers ) he resolutely opposed the government's ultra-reactionary measures. After the July Revolution he received the post of Foreign Minister in Ludwig Philip's first ministry , and gained recognition of the July monarchy abroad by proclaiming the policy of non-intervention . After Adolphe Thiers resigned in 1836, he was tasked with forming a new conservative cabinet, which he took over as prime minister and also the foreign ministry.
Since Molé's foreign policy, because of the evacuation of Ancona and Belgium , received the most violent attacks from all parties in the address debate in January 1839, the chambers were dissolved. The elections were so unfavorable that he and his colleagues dismissed him on March 8, 1839. Since then he has only rarely participated in political debates in the Chamber of Peers. In 1840 he became a member of the Académie française and took up the 34 armchair .
After the February Revolution of 1848 he was elected to the National Assembly. On February 23, 1848, he became Prime Minister for just one day. After the coup d'état of December 2, 1851 by Charles-Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte , he stepped back into private life.
Louis-Mathieu Molé died on November 23, 1855 at the age of 74 in his Champlâtreux castle and was buried in the church of Épinay-Champlâtreux .
family
- His father, Édouard François Mathieu Molé , President of the Paris Parliament (Supreme Court), died under the guillotine during the French Revolution in 1794.
- His grandfather Mathieu-François Molé (1705–1793) was President of Parliament in Paris.
- His ancestor Mathieu Molé (1584–1656), seigneur de Lassy et de Champlâtreux, also Speaker of Parliament in Paris, played an important role in the Fronde before he rose to become Chancellor of France and keeper of the seals of France .
Works
- Essai de morale et de politique (Paris 1806, 2nd edition 1809)
- Discours politiques et académiques .
Portrait
- Mathieu-Louis Malé 1834 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres acquired from the Louvre in 2009. See picture above.
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Généalogie de la famille Molé (French)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Régnier, duc de Massa |
Minister of Justice of France November 20, 1813–1. April 1814 |
Pierre Paul Nicolas, baron Henrion de Pansey |
|
Jean-Baptiste, Comte Jourdan Adolphe Thiers |
Foreign Minister of France August 11, 1830–2. November 1830 6 September 1836–31. March 1839 |
Nicolas-Joseph Maison Louis Napoléon Lannes |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molé, Louis-Mathieu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Molé, Louis-Mathieu comte; Molé, Mathieu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1855 |
| Place of death | Épinay-Champlâtreux |