François-Joseph de Champagny, 4th Duke of Cadore (8 September 1804,

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– 4 May 1882 Paris) was a French author and

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. He was the thirteenth member elected to occupy seat 4 of the

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in 1869.

Biography

François-Joseph-Marie-Thérèse de Nompère de Champagny was the son of Jean-Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, duc de Cadore (1756-1834), who was ambassador to Austria at the time of his birth, and was named after his godfather

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. He was a

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and journalist, writing for Le Correspondant magazine. A devout

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, he wrote numerous historical works on

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and the beginnings of

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, as well as various political works. He was also a historian and

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, a contributor to the Revue des deux Mondes, founder and editor of La Revue contemporaine, and several times a candidate for the Académie française, supported by

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and Félix Dupanloup; Elected on April 29, 1869 to replace Pierre-Antoine Berryer, he was not, despite being a royalist and clericalist, a candidate clearly hostile to

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; two of his brothers were official deputies, and his election was the subject of haggling between Guizot's political party and the imperialists, which ended in confusion for the latter; he was received on March 10, 1870 by Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy, and he received Émile Littré. He was also a member of the Société d'archéologie et d'histoire de

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and owner of the Château des Trois-Moulins (a locality straddling the communes of Maincy,

Melun Melun () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, north-central France. It is located on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, about from the centre of the capital. Melun is the prefecture of Seine-et-Marne, ...

and Rubelles). He is buried in the

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(3rd division, 315 P 1834).

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