Mathieu de Montmorency-Laval
Mathieu Jean Félicité, duc de Montmorency-Laval (born July 10, 1766 in Paris , † March 24, 1826 ) was a French maréchal de camp , statesman, diplomat and minister.
Life
He fought in the American War of Independence and rose to Maréchal de camp . At the outbreak of the French Revolution he represented the idea of progress in the Assemblée constituante as a member of the nobility of Montfort-l'Amaury , applied for the abolition of noble privileges on August 4, 1789 and served under Marshal Luckner when the foreign powers attacked France . However, the events of 1793 induced him to flee to Switzerland.
After the fall of the reign of terror , he returned to France, but did not accept public office either under the Directory or under Napoleon I. In 1814 he became adjutant to the then Count of Artois , in 1815 led the Duchess of Angoulême, Marie Thérèse Charlotte de Bourbon to Bordeaux and London and went to see Louis XVIII. to Ghent. On August 17, 1815 he was promoted to Peer of France , on December 14, 1821 to Minister of Foreign Affairs and soon afterwards to President of the Cabinet.
As envoy he attended the congress in Verona in 1822 and operated the intervention in Spain in 1823. But he had to resign this year because of a falling out with Villèle. To compensate, he received the title of duke and the cross of the Legion of Honor .
Charles X, who loved him especially as a friend of the Jesuits , appointed him tutor to his grandson, the six-year-old Henri d'Artois, comte de Chambord . The Académie française accepted him among its members in 1825, although he was hardly qualified for it.
Mathieu de Montmorency-Laval was the great-nephew of Cardinal Louis-Joseph de Montmorency-Laval (1724-1808).
See also: Montmorency (noble family)
Web links
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Étienne-Denis Pasquier |
Foreign Minister of France December 14, 1821 - December 28, 1822 |
François-René de Chateaubriand |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Montmorency-Laval, Mathieu de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Montmorency-Laval, Mathieu Jean Félicité |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general, statesman, diplomat and minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1766 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1826 |