Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand 🇫🇷

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (Known as "Prince de Bénévent")
Prince de Bénévent, Statesman, Political Leader, Historical Figure
Born 1754-02-02 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Passed Away 1838-05-17 Paris, France
Lifespan 84 years old
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"I want that for centuries people continue to discuss what I was, what I thought, and what I intended."

Archival Overview

Regarded as one of the most brilliant diplomats in world history, ensuring European equilibrium and France's place among great powers after Napoleon's fall.

Biographical Record

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was a French clergyman, politician, and consummate diplomat who held high office through the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution, Napoleon's Empire, the Bourbon Restoration, and the July Monarchy. A genius of diplomatic survival and balance, he preserved French territorial integrity at the Congress of Vienna.

Regarded as one of the most brilliant diplomats in world history, ensuring European equilibrium and France's place among great powers after Napoleon's fall.

Key Life Milestones

1814-04-06

Restoration of the Bourbons

Engineered the diplomatic abdication of Napoleon and the peaceful constitutional restoration of King Louis XVIII.

1815-06-09

Congress of Vienna

Maneuvered defeated France into a full negotiating partner, preserving its 1792 borders through diplomatic balance.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Château de Valençay, Indre, France
Paris, France
GPS: 48.8566, 2.3522
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