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BOMBELLES, MARC See also:MARIE, See also:MARQUIS DE (1744-1822) , See also:French diplomatist and ecclesiastic, was the son of the See also:comte de Bombelles, See also:tutor and See also:guardian of the See also:duke of See also:Orleans. He was See also:born at See also:Bitsch in See also:Lorraine, and served in the See also:army through the Seven Years' See also:War. In 1765 he entered the See also:diplomatic service, and after several diplomatic See also:missions became See also:ambassador of See also:France to See also:Portugal in 1786, being charged to win over that See also:country to the See also:Family Compact; but the madness of the queenand then the See also:death of the See also:king prevented his success. He was transferred to See also:Vienna See also:early in 1789, but the Revolution cut See also:short his diplomatic career, and he was deprived of his See also:post in See also:September 1790. He remained attached to See also:Louis XVI., and was employed on See also:secret missions to other sovereigns, to gain their aid for Louis. In 1792 he emigrated, and after Valmy lived in retirement in See also:Switzerland. In 1804, after the death of his wife, he withdrew to the monastery of See also:Brunn in See also:Austria, and became See also:bishop of Oberglogau in See also:Prussia. In 1815 he returned to France, and became bishop of See also:Amiens (1819). He died in See also:Paris in 1822. His son, Lours PHILIPPE, comte de Bombelles (1780-1843), born at See also:Regensburg, passed his See also:life in the diplomatic service of Austria. In 1814 he became See also:Austrian ambassador to See also:Denmark, and in 1816 filled a similar position at See also:Dresden. (E.

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