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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

French diplomat (1754-1838) · France · Politicians

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He served Louis XVI, the Revolution, Napoleon, the restored Bourbons, and two more kings after that - outlasting every regime by switching sides at the perfect moment. The name Talleyrand became shorthand for diplomatic cunning so fluid it looked like betrayal.

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Awards

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit
Knight of the Order of Saint Michael
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Order of the Black Eagle
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of St. Andrew
Knight of the Order of the Elephant
Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Order of Leopold
Order of the Red Eagle
Order of Saint Hubert
Order of the Rue Crown
Order of Ludwig I
Order of Saint Januarius
Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit
Order of the Lion and the Sun
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Joseph
Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer

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Born in 1754, he studied theology and rose to Agent-General of the Clergy in 1780, then Bishop of Autun in 1789 just as the Revolution began. He became Napoleon's chief diplomat, brokering the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville with Austria and the 1802 Treaty of Amiens with Britain, working mostly for peace to lock in French gains. By 1805 he opposed Napoleon's fresh wars against Austria, Prussia, and Russia; he resigned as foreign minister in 1807 but kept the emperor's trust while secretly conspiring with Tsar Alexander I and Austrian minister Klemens von Metternich to undermine him. When Napoleon fell in 1814, Talleyrand backed the Bourbon Restoration and played a major role at the Congress of Vienna, negotiating a favorable settlement for France. He died in 1838, having served six regimes - trusted by none, indispensable to all.

Country
France
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1754 to 1839 · aged 85

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