Alphonsus comte de Rayneval (1 August 1813, Paris – 10 February 1858, Paris) was a French politician, and Foreign Minister.
He was the son of Francis, comte de Rayneval, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Restoration. His sister was Clemence de Rayneval, a model for Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
He was undersecretary to the French Ambassador to Rome and ministre plénipotentiaire in Naples (1848-1849).
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 31 October 1849 to 17 November 1849, in the Government of Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul.
After that, he was Ambassador of France to the Holy See (1850-1857) and to Russia (1857-1858).
He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
References
- Andrew Carrington Shelton (2005). Ingres and his critics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84243-3.
- "MEMODOC : Deux siècles d'histoire au cimetière du père lachaise, tombes à Paris, nécropole, guide de visite, index des noms de familles".
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| Preceded byAlexis de Tocqueville | Minister of Foreign Affairs 31 October 1849 - 17 November 1849 |
Succeeded byJean-Ernest Ducos, vicomte de La Hitte |
| Cabinet of Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul (30 October 1849 – 24 January 1851) | ||
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| Education and Religious Affairs | Félix Esquirou de Parieu | |
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- 1813 births
- 1858 deaths
- Politicians from Paris
- Diplomats from Paris
- Counts of France
- Foreign ministers of France
- People of the French Second Republic
- People of the Second French Empire
- 19th-century French politicians
- 19th-century French diplomats
- Ambassadors of France to Spain
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Ambassadors of France to the Russian Empire