Adrien De Lezay-Marnésia

Baron Paul Adrien François Marie de Lezay-Marnésia (born August 9, 1769, in Moutonne, died on 9 October 1814, in

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) was a French

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. His family had Spanish roots. Lezay-Marnésia met his wife Françoise de Briqueville in

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, in Normandy. Under the Directoire, he was forced to flee to Switzerland and returned to France on 17 May 1801.

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gave him a diplomatic mission to Hungary in 1803. He was prefect of the département

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1806–1810 in

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. Appointed as prefect of the département

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on 12 February 1810, he organized the receipt of the Archduchess

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma french: Marie-Louise-Léopoldine-Françoise-Thérèse-Josèphe-Lucie it, Maria Luigia Leopoldina Francesca Teresa Giuseppa Lucia , house = Habsburg-Lorraine , father = Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , mother = Maria Theresa of ...

, wife of Napoleon, in March in Strasbourg. Thereafter, its director was focused on improving living conditions in rural areas. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lezay-Marnesia, Adrien de 1769 births 1814 deaths People from Jura (department) French politicians Prefects of France Prefects of Bas-Rhin