Napoléon Joseph Hugues Maret, duc de Bassano

Napoléon Joseph Hugues Maret, Duc de Bassano , (* Paris July 3, 1803 , † Paris May 21, 1898 ) was a French politician and diplomat .

He was the son of the French diplomat and later Foreign Minister Hugues-Bernard Maret , Duc de Bassano. The title awarded commemorates Napoleon I's victory in the Battle of Bassano ( Bassano del Grappa in Veneto ) in 1896.

Career

In 1835 Napoléon Joseph Hugues was recognized by Louis-Philippe I as Duke of Bassano and attaché , then secretary at the French embassy in Brussels . After the February Revolution of 1848 , however, he was recalled. He stepped over to the Bonapartist party, and was, after the Office of the 1849 war minister refused extraordinary envoy and minister plenipotentiary of France at Baden , and in 1851 the Belgian court and 1853-1870 Senator and Great Chamberlain of Napoleon III. .

personal data
SURNAME	Bassano, Napoléon Joseph Hugues Maret, Duc de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maret, Napoléon Joseph Hugues
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1898
Place of death	Paris