Napoléon-Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Valençay, 3rd duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (12 March 1811 – 21 March 1898) was a French aristocrat, soldier and politician.
Early life
He was born at Paris on 12 March 1811, the son of the general
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord (1787–1872),
Duke of Dino and later the 2nd Duke de Talleyrand-Périgord, and of
Dorothea of Courland
Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino (21 August 1793 – 19 September 1862), was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the ruling D ...
(1793–1862),
duchess of Sagan
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, t ...
.
His younger brother was Alexandre Edmond (1813–1894), 3rd duc de Dino, marquis de Talleyrand, who married
Marie Valentine Joséphine de Sainte-Aldegonde (1820–1891). His younger sister was
Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord (1820–1890) who married
Henri de Castellane (1814–1847).
Career
In 1829, he was granted the title Duc de Valençay by
Charles X of France
Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Lou ...
.
Like his father, he followed a military career. After leaving the army, he was called to the
Chamber of Peers on 19 April 1845, where he voted with the supporters of
Louis-Philippe's government.
After the
Revolution of 1848 he retired into private life. He was made a knight of the Spanish
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...
in 1838, and an officer of the
Legion of Honour on 30 June 1867, as a member of the jury of the
Exposition Universelle.
[Adolphe Robert, Edgar Bourloton and Gaston Cougny, ''Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français'', volume V (Paris, 1891]
p. 361
He was further made a knight of the Prussian
Order of the Black Eagle on 12 March 1891.
Personal life
Talleyrand married firstly, at Paris on 26 Feb 1829, Anne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency (1810/3-1858), by whom he had two sons and two daughters:
* Caroline Valentine de Talleyrand-Périgord (1830–1913), who married Vicomte Charles Henri d'Etchegoyen (1818–1885) in 1852.
*
Charles Guillaume Frédéric Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (1832-1910), who married Jeanne Seillière (1839-1905), the heiress to Baron de Seilliere, army supply contractor who had enriched himself during the
Franco-Prussian War.
* Marie Pauline Yolande de Talleyrand-Périgord (b. 1833)
* Nicolas Raoul Adalbert de Talleyrand-Périgord (1837–1915),
Duke of Montmorency
Duke of Montmorency was a title of French nobility that was created several times for members of the Montmorency family, who were lords of Montmorency, near Paris.
History
The first creation was in 1551 for Anne de Montmorency, Constable of ...
, who married Ida Marie Carmen Aguado y Mac Donnel (1847–1880) in 1866.
He married secondly, on 4 April 1861, Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane (1823–1895),
daughter of
Boniface, Marshal de Castellane, then Countess Hatzfeldt (widow of
Maximilian von Hatzfeldt),
by whom he had a third daughter:
*
Marie Dorothée Louise Valençay de Talleyrand-Périgord
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tro ...
(1862–1948), who married
Karl Egon IV, the
Prince of Furstenberg (1852–1896) in 1881. She later married
Jean de Castellane (1868–1965), also of the
House of Castellane
The House of Castellane is a very ancient French noble house originating in Provence and descended from Thibault, count of Arles in the 9th century.
History
Boniface, 1st sovereign baron de Castellane, lived in the 11th century. The sovereign ...
, in 1898.
He died at Berlin on 21 March 1898.
References
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1811 births
1898 deaths
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Dukes of Żagań
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
Officiers of the Légion d'honneur