Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse, 1st Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, 2nd Marquis de Saint-Paulet (21 October 1823 – 5 May 1871) was a French politician of the Second Empire who twice served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Emperor Napoleon III.
De La Tour d'Auvergne was Ambassador of France to London (1863–69), in which capacity he was a signatory to the Treaty of London in 1867.
Personal life
He was the son of Melchior de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1794–1849), 1st Marquess of Saint-Paulet and 2nd Baron of the Empire, and Laurence de Chauvigny de Blot.
He was married to Emilie Céleste Montault des Illes (1822–1857), daughter of Charles Montault des Illes and Emilie Adélaïde Bertrand. His only son was:
- Charles-Laurent-Bernard-Godefroi de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1852–1903), 2nd Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais, 3rd Marquess of Saint-Paulet and 4th Baron of the Empire. Married in 1875 to Marie Léontine Ysoré d'Hervault de Pleumartin, daughter of Anne Antoine Ysoré d'Hervault, 7th Marquis de Pleumartin, and Césarine de Gars de Courcelles. He had three children:
- Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1876–1914), 3rd Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais, 4th Marquess of Saint-Paulet and 5th Baron of the Empire. Married in 1904 to Elisabeth Berthier de Wagram (1885–1960), daughter of Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (grandson of Louis-Alexandre Berthier) and Bertha Clara von Rothschild (daughter of Mayer Carl, Baron von Rothschild).
- Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1877–1940)
- Césarine de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1879–1947)
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Honours and titles
Marquis de France (succeeded his father in the marquisate of Saint-Paulet, 1849)
Grand-croix, Légion d'honneur
Knight, Order of Malta
Knight, Order of Pius IX
Knight, Saxe-Ernestine House Order
Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Red Eagle
Knight Commander, Order of the Two Sicilies
Knight Commander, Order of St. Gregory the Great
Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
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References
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded byMarquis de La Valette | Minister of Foreign Affairs 17 July 1869 – 2 January 1870 |
Succeeded byComte Daru |
| Preceded byDuc de Gramont | Minister of Foreign Affairs 10 August - 4 September 1870 |
Succeeded byJules Favre |
| Fourth cabinet of Napoleon III (17 July 1869 - 27 December 1869) | ||
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| Council of State | Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat | .svg) |
| Justice and cults | Jean-Baptiste Duvergier | |
| Foreign Affairs | Henri La Tour d'Auvergne | |
| Interior | Adolphe de Forcade La Roquette | |
| Finance | Pierre Magne | |
| War | ||
| Marine and Colonies | Charles Rigault de Genouilly | |
| Education | Louis Olivier Bourbeau | |
| Public works | Edmond Gressier | |
| Agriculture and Commerce | Alfred Le Roux | |
| Emperor's household | Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant | |
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- Princes of la Tour d'Auvergne
- 1823 births
- 1871 deaths
- Politicians from Paris
- French marquesses
- Nobles of the Holy See
- Bonapartists
- Foreign ministers of France
- French senators of the Second Empire
- Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom
- Ambassadors to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Ambassadors of France to the Holy See
- Ambassadors of France to Prussia
- 19th-century French diplomats
- Collège Stanislas de Paris alumni
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Knights of Malta
- Knights of the Order of Pope Pius IX
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great