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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.
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 ]
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 ...
His siblings included Caroline Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord (wife of Vicomte Charles Henri d'Etchegoyen), Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Talleyrand-Périgord, [2] After his mother died in 1858, his father married the Countess Hatzfeldt, née Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane (widow of Max von Hatzfeldt and daughter of ...
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 .
Portrait of Talleyrand is an 1808 portrait painting by the artist François Gérard of the French statesman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. [1] It is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art , in New York .
In many ways, the Secret Treaty was a triumph for Talleyrand, who had ended French diplomatic isolation and divided the Quadruple Alliance. He also limited Prussian gains to areas of Saxony that were largely Catholic and thus harder for the Lutheran state to assimilate, or not contiguous to Prussia, such as the Rhineland. His support of Saxony ...
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.