Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil
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Joseph Alexandre Jacques Durant de Mareuil (6 November 6 1769 Paris
-13 January 1855 Ay
Marne
) was a French diplomat
, and French ambassador to the United States from 1824 to 1830.
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In 1793, he served in the army of the Rhine as an assistant engineer, in the battle of Wissembourg
, and was at the battle of Geissberg
.
In 1794, he was the first Secretary of Legation in Copenhagen
, then head of the political division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1796.
He was then Minister Plenipotentiary at Dresden, Stuttgart and Naples.
He was made a baron of the Empire on 24 February 1809.
On 1 January 1812, he quarreled with Prince Dolgorowski, the Russian minister, who was recalled. Returning to France in January 1814, after the defection of Murat in Naples, he temporarily manages the Department of Foreign Affairs in the first restoration.
During the Hundred Days
, he was a member of the Marne, elected in the borough of Epernay, from 15 May to 13 July 1815.
At the Bourbon Restoration
, he became a State Councillor and he was sent as minister plenipotentiary to the king of the Netherlands in 1820.
He then led several missions in America and Europe.
He was made peer of France in 1832, and received the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor in 1834.
He became ambassador of France to Naples, but was suddenly recalled after eighteen months for a reason remained unknown.
He retired to his estates in Champagne.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
-13 January 1855 Ay
Ay
Ay was the penultimate Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 18th dynasty. He held the throne of Egypt for a brief four-year period , although he was a close advisor to two and perhaps three of the pharaohs who ruled before him and was the power behind the throne during Tutankhamun's reign...
Marne
Marne
Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
) was a French diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, and French ambassador to the United States from 1824 to 1830.
Biography
He was secretary of the legation of France in StuttgartStuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
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In 1793, he served in the army of the Rhine as an assistant engineer, in the battle of Wissembourg
First Battle of Wissembourg (1793)
In the First Battle of Wissembourg on 13 October 1793, an Allied army commanded by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser attacked and defeated Jean Pascal Carlenc's French army defending behind the Lauter River...
, and was at the battle of Geissberg
Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)
The Second Battle of Wissembourg from 6 December 1793 to 9 February 1794 saw an army of the First French Republic under General Lazare Hoche fight a series of clashes against an army of Austrians, Prussians, Bavarians, and Hessians led by General Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser. There were significant...
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In 1794, he was the first Secretary of Legation in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, then head of the political division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1796.
He was then Minister Plenipotentiary at Dresden, Stuttgart and Naples.
He was made a baron of the Empire on 24 February 1809.
On 1 January 1812, he quarreled with Prince Dolgorowski, the Russian minister, who was recalled. Returning to France in January 1814, after the defection of Murat in Naples, he temporarily manages the Department of Foreign Affairs in the first restoration.
During the Hundred Days
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815...
, he was a member of the Marne, elected in the borough of Epernay, from 15 May to 13 July 1815.
At the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
, he became a State Councillor and he was sent as minister plenipotentiary to the king of the Netherlands in 1820.
He then led several missions in America and Europe.
He was made peer of France in 1832, and received the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor in 1834.
He became ambassador of France to Naples, but was suddenly recalled after eighteen months for a reason remained unknown.
He retired to his estates in Champagne.