Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord


Napoléon-Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Valençay, 3rd duc de Talleyrand-Périgord was a French aristocrat, soldier and politician.

Early life

He was born at Paris on 12 March 1811, the son of the general Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Dino and later the 2nd Duke de Talleyrand-Périgord, and of Dorothea of Courland, duchess of Sagan.
His younger brother was Alexandre Edmond, 3rd duc de Dino, marquis de Talleyrand, who married Marie Valentine Joséphine de Sainte-Aldegonde. His younger sister was Joséphine Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord who married Henri de Castellane.

Career

In 1829, he was granted the title Duc de Valençay by Charles X of France.
Like his father, he followed a military career. After leaving the army, he was called to the Chamber of Peers on 19 April 1845, where he voted with the supporters of Louis-Philippe's government.
After the Revolution of 1848 he retired into private life. He was made a Knight of the Golden Fleece in 1838, and an officer of the Legion of Honour on 30 June 1867, as a member of the jury of the Exposition Universelle.

Personal life

Talleyrand married firstly, at Paris on 26 Feb 1829, Anne Louise Charlotte de Montmorency, by whom he had two sons and two daughters:
He married secondly, on 4 April 1861, Rachel Elisabeth Pauline de Castellane, daughter of Boniface, Marshal de Castellane, then Countess Hatzfeld, by whom he had a third daughter:
He died at Berlin on 21 March 1898.