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CHAMP4 ,GNY, See also:

JEAN

JEAN See also:

BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE NOMPERE DE (1756-1834), See also:

French politician, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

ROANNE

Roanne, and entered the See also:

NAVY

navy in 1774. He fought through the See also:

war in See also:

AMERICA

America and resigned in 1787. Elected See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy by the noblesse of Forex to the states-See also:

general in 1789, he went over to the third See also:

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate on the 21st of See also:

JUNE

June and collaborated in the See also:

WORK

work of the Constituent See also:

ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, especially occupying himself with the reorganization of the navy. A See also:

POLITICAL

political career seems to have attracted him little; he remained in private See also:

LIFE

life from 1791 to 1799, when See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon named him member of the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

state. From See also:

JULY

July 18o1 to See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1804 he was See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador of See also:

France at See also:

Vienna, and directed with See also:

GREAT

great intelligence the incessant negotiations between the two courts. In August 1804 Napoleon made him See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the interior, and in this position, which he held for three years, he proved an See also:

ADMINISTRATOR

administrator of the first See also:

order. In addition to the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary charges of his See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, he had to See also:

DIRECT

direct the recruitment of the See also:

army, organize the See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

EXHIBITION

exhibition of 18o8, and to See also:

COMPLETE

complete the public See also:

WORKS

works undertaken in See also:

Paris and throughout France. He was devoted to Napoleon, on whom he lavished adulation in his speeches. In August 1807 the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose him to succeed Talleyrand as minister for See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs. He directed the See also:

ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of the Papal States in See also:

APRIL

April 18o8, worked to secure the See also:

ABDICATION (Lat. abdicatio, disowning, renouncing, from ab, from, and dicare, to declare, to proclaim as not belonging to one)

abdication of See also:

Charles IV. of See also:

Spain in May 18o8, negotiated the See also:

peace of Vienna (1809) and the See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage of Napoleon. In April 1811 a See also:

QUARREL

quarrel with the emperor led to his retirement, and he obtained the See also:

SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure office of See also:

INTENDANT (from Lat. intendens, pres. part. of intendere, to apply the mind to, to watch over; cf. " superintendent ")

intendant general of the See also:

CROWN

crown. In 1814, after the abdication, the empress sent him on a fruitless See also:

MISSION

mission to the emperor of See also:

Then he went over to the Bourbons. During the See also:

HUNDRED

Hundred Days he again joined Napoleon. This led to his exclusion by See also:

Louis XVIII., but in 1819 he re-covered his dignity of peer. He died in Paris in 1834. He had three sons who became men of distinction. See also:

FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois (1804-1882) was a well-known author, who was made a member of the French See also:

Academy in 1869. His great work was a See also:

HISTORY

history of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

EMPIRE

empire, in three parts, (r) See also:

LES

Les Cesars (1841-1843, 4 vols.), (2) Les Antonins (1863, 3 vols.), (3) Les Cesars du III' siecle (1870, 3 vols.). Napoleon (1806-1872) published a Traite de la See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police municipale in 4 volumes (1844-1861), and was a deputy in the See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps Legislatif from 1852 to 1870. See also:

Jerome See also:

Paul (1809-1886) was also deputy in the Corps Legislatif from 1853 to 1870, and was made honorary See also:

chamberlain in 1859. He worked at the See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official publication of the See also:

correspondence of Napoleon I.

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