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Arnail François, marquis de Jaucourt, comte de l'Empire (14 November 1757 – 5 February 1852) was a French aristocrat and politician.
Biography
Military career and Revolution
Jaucourt was born in Tournon (Seine-et-Marne) of a Protestant family, protected by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Condé, whose Dragoon regiment he entered at the age of fifteen. He became colonel of his regiment, and made himself known for his welcoming of the French Revolution and his affiliation with the Feuillants.
A deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1791, elected by the département of Seine-et-Marne, he generally voted with the minority. As his views came to be considered too moderate by his colleagues, he resigned in 1792, and was soon after arrested on suspicion of being a reactionary. Madame de Staël obtained his release from Louis Pierre Manuel just before the September Massacres. He made his way to England, and joined the group who during 1792-93 took refuge at Juniper Hall in Surrey, supported by Madame de Stael, who later joined them. He returned to France after the execution of King Louis XVI.
Consulate and First Empire
Jaucourt took refuge in Switzerland to escape the Reign of Terror, and returned only after Napoleon Bonaparte's 18 Brumaire coup and the establishment of the French Consulate, entering the tribunate, of which he was the president for a short period.
In 1803, Jaucourt entered the French Senate, and next year, upon the establishment of the First Empire, he became attached to the household of Joseph Bonaparte. He accompanied Joseph to the Kingdom of Naples, and was created a count of the Empire by Napoleon.
Restoration, July Monarchy, and later years
During the following years, Jaucourt distanced himself from the imperial cause, and, with the Bourbon Restoration he became Minister of State and a Peer of France. After the outcome of the Hundred Days (during which he stood by Louis XVIII), he was Naval Minister in July–September 1815, but held no further office. He devoted himself to the support of the Protestant interest in France, and tried to reduce the effects of the White Terror.
A member of the upper house after the July Revolution and throughout the reign of Louis Philippe (the July Monarchy), he was driven into private life by the establishment of the Second Republic, but lived to see the 1851 coup and to rally to the government of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, dying in Paris the next year.
References
- Linda Kelly, Juniper Hall, Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1991
- ^ [REDACTED] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jaucourt, Arnail François, Marquis de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 281.
- Chisholm 1911.
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byDenis Decrès | Ministers of Marine and the Colonies 9 July 1815 – 26 September 1815 |
Succeeded byFrançois Joseph de Gratet, vicomte Dubouchage |
| French Provisional Government of 1814 (1 April 1814 to 13 May 1814) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head of State: Charles-Philippe of France − King Louis XVIII of France | ||
| Members | .JPG) Talleyrand | |
| Foreign Affairs | Antoine de Laforêt | |
| Justice | Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey | |
| Interior | Jacques Claude Beugnot | |
| War | Pierre Dupont de l'Étang | |
| Finance, Commerce and Industry | Joseph-Dominique Louis | |
| Navy and Colonies | Pierre-Victor Malouet | |
| Police | Jules Anglès | |
| Secretary-general | Dupont de Nemours | |
| Preceded by Ministers of Napoleon • Followed by Government of the first Bourbon restoration | ||
| Ministry of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (9 July 1815 to 26 September 1815) | ||
|---|---|---|
| President of the council and Foreign Affairs | Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord | Talleyrand-Périgord |
| Justice | Étienne-Denis Pasquier | |
| Interior | Étienne-Denis Pasquier | |
| War | Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr | |
| Finance | Joseph Dominique, baron Louis | |
| Navy and Colonies | Arnail François, marquis de Jaucourt | |
| Police | Joseph Fouché (until 19 september 1815) | |
| King's household | Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu | |
- 1757 births
- 1852 deaths
- People from Seine-et-Marne
- Marquesses of Jaucourt
- Counts of the First French Empire
- French Protestants
- Politicians from Île-de-France
- Ministers of marine and the colonies
- State ministers of France
- Members of the Legislative Assembly (France)
- Members of the Sénat conservateur
- Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration
- Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy
- Coppet group
- People of the French Revolution
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery