Louis Napoléon Lannes
Louis Napoléon Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello (born July 30, 1801 in Paris , † July 19, 1874 ibid) was a French statesman and diplomat.
Napoléon, eldest son of Marshal Jean Lannes from the marriage to Louise-Antoinette de Guéheneuc, received in 1815 from Louis XVIII. The peerage , entered the civil service after the revolution of 1830, went as an authorized minister to Sweden and later in the same capacity to Switzerland .
On April 1, 1839, he temporarily took over the Foreign Ministry, but ceded it to Marshal Soult on April 12 . He then went to Naples as envoy , was later Minister of the Navy in François Guizot's cabinet and was elected to the legislature for the Marne department in 1849 , where he voted with the majority.
From 1858 to 1864 he was the French ambassador to Saint Petersburg . In 1864 he was appointed senator and died on July 19, 1874 in Paris.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Mathieu Molé |
Foreign Minister of France March 31, 1839 - May 12, 1839 |
Nicolas-Jean de Dieu Soult |
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| SURNAME | Lannes, Louis Napoléon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lannes, Louis Napoléon; Louis-Napoléon-Auguste Lannes, duc de Montebello; Lannes de Montebello, Napoleon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French statesman and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1874 |
| Place of death | Paris |