The Ministry of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was formed on 9 July 1815 after the second

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under King

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. It replaced the

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that had been formed when

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abdicated after the

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. The cabinet was dissolved on 26 September 1815 and replaced by the First ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu.

Formation and actions

The Prince of Talleyrand was again called to form a government by Louis XVIII, after the arrival of the King in Saint-Denis on 7 July. Talleyrand formally formed his government on 9 July, keeping for himself the office of

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. The cabinet was composed mainly of

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, liberal royalists who formed a moderate group inside the

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, opposed to the more radical

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. However, after 2 months and 17 days, Tallayrand resigned for three reasons: * His refusal to sign the Second Treaty of Paris, considered too humiliating for France despite the conditions of peace negotiated during the

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. * The pressure exercised on Louis XVIII by Tsar

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, who disliked the presence of many ex- Bonapartists in the new government, and called for the creation of a conservative government * The results of the August elections, that permitted the creation a parliamentary majority of Ultras (350 out of 400 seats), who were hostile to ex-Bonapartists Talleyrand and Minister

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, a regicide who was ousted from office in September 1815 and exiled.

Ministers

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