Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ r æ n d ˈ p ɛr ɪ ɡ ɔːr /; [1] French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat.
He was the son of Alexandre de Talleyrand-Périgord (1813–1894), who was styled 3rd Duke of Dino, 1st Marquis de Talleyrand, and Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde (1820–1891). His older sister, Clémentine Marie Wilhelmine, was married to Count Alexandre Orlowski, and his younger sister, Elisabeth Alexandrine Florence, was married to Count Hans ...
The House of Talleyrand-Périgord (pronounced [talɛjʁɑ̃peʁiɡɔʁ]) is an ancient French noble house. A well-known member of this family was Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), who achieved distinction as a French statesman and diplomat. [ 1 ]
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord [1] (1301 – 17 January 1364) was a French cardinal, [2] from one of the most aristocratic families in Périgord, south-west France. Hélie was born at Périgueux , third son [ 3 ] of Elias VII, Count of Périgord, and Brunissende of Foix , daughter of Roger Bernard III, comte de Foix .
The Ministry of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was formed on 9 July 1815 after the second Bourbon Restoration under King Louis XVIII of France. It replaced the French Provisional Government of 1815 that had been formed when Napoleon abdicated after the Battle of Waterloo .
Talleyrand was born on August 23, 1859, to Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, the 4th Duke of Talleyrand (1832-1910) and Jeanne Seillière (1839-1905), the heiress to Baron de Seilliere, army supply contractor who had enriched himself during the Franco-Prussian War.
Boson was born on July 20, 1867, as the son of Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, the Duke of Żagań and the Duke of Talleyrand (1832–1910) and Jeanne Seillière (1839–1905), heiress of the Baron de Seilliere, a supplier of military supplies who got rich during the Franco-Prussian War.
Through his eldest son Boson, he was a grandfather of Marie Pierre Camille Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Talleyrand (1859-1937), who married American heiress Anna Gould (the former wife of his cousin Boni de Castellane); and Paul Louis Marie Archambault Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, styled Duke de Valençay, 5th Duke of ...