The direction of affairs having passed into the hands of Talleyrand and his associates, Daunou turned once more to literature, but in 1798 he was sent to Rome to organize the Roman Republic.

In the course of his intellectual development, he came successively under the influence of Immanuel Kant, Friedrich von Schelling and G. W. F. Hegel, and on account of the different phases through which he passed he was called the Talleyrand of German thought.

In 1786 the fief was purchased by Peter von Biron, Duke of Courland, and in 1843 it passed to his daughter Dorothea, the wife of Edmond de Talleyrand, a nephew of the great French diplomat Talleyrand, who spent her retirement years at Żagań.

In 1808, the Hôtel Matignon passed into the hands of one of the best-known figures of the first half of the 19th century: Monsieur de Talleyrand, Prince of Bénévent and Vice Great Elector.

On 14 July 1790, and for several days following, crowds in the Champ de Mars celebrated the anniversary of the fall of the Bastille with the Fête de la Fédération ; Talleyrand performed a mass ; participants swore an oath of " fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king "; the King and the royal family actively participated.

On the 14th, Talleyrand performed a mass ; participants swore an oath of " fidelity to the nation, the law, and the king "; the king and the royal family actively participated in the celebrations, which went on for several days.

In the end, through the interventions of Joseph Fouché and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, he was appointed consul at Alicante, and remained there until he lost the sight of one eye from yellow fever.

Fouché was featured as one of the two main ( and only ) characters in the play by Jean-Claude Brisville Supping with the Devil in which he is depicted dining with Talleyrand while deciding how to preserve their respective power under the coming regime.

Eventually, though, after Talleyrand's resignation in advance of the opening session of the new Ultraroyalist Chamber of Deputies ( the famous Chambre introuvable ), Richelieu decided ( after much urging from Mathieu de Montmorency ) to succeed Talleyrand as the Prime Minister of France, though – as he himself said – he did not know the face of a single one of his colleagues.

For carrying it out it is essential to to assess one's own strength correctly and at the same time understand the methods and aims of the other powers. The man who bases his political ideas on the weakness of his own country, who sees only dangers, or whose only desire is to remain stationary, is not pursuing a policy at all, and should be kept far away from the scene of activity. The years 1814 / 15 saw France in complete military and political collapse, yet no one at the Congress of Vienna followed a more active policy than Talleyrand — to France's advantage.

Along with Talleyrand eighteen centuries later, he is one of the classic historical examples of men who have managed to survive very dangerous circumstances by constantly shifting their allegiances.

However, the Talleyrand plan was one of several ideas exploring the concept of partitioning Belgium, which is considered by some as simply a " buffer state " between France and other European nations ; modern proposals include the specific separation of the areas inhabited mainly by French-speakers ( Walloons ) from those inhabited mainly by ( Flemish ) Dutch-speakers.

Marie Pierre Camille Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince of Sagan and fifth Duke of Talleyrand, was a principal in one of the international marriage of the first decade of this century.

Although the foreign minister Talleyrand opposed the plan, on April 10, 1803, Napoleon told the Treasury Minister François de Barbé-Marbois that he was considering selling the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States.

When the French Government first investigated the idea of overhauling their system of measurement, Talleyrand, in the late 1780s, acting on Concordet's advice, invited Riggs, a British Parliamentarian and Thomas Jefferson, the American Secretary of State to George Washington, to work with the French in producing an international standard by promoting legislation in their respective legislative bodies.

Talleyrand tendered his resignation on 20 September.

His negotiators, his brother Joseph and Talleyrand, constantly shifted their positions, leaving Cornwallis to write, " I feel it as the most unpleasant circumstance attending this unpleasant business that, after I have obtained his acquiescence on any point, I can have no confidence that it is finally settled and that he will not recede from it in our next conversation.

The first meeting of the county court was held at the home of Talleyrand P. Brown, in Winfield, on May 22, 1848.

Talleyrand, then Bishop of Autun can be seen on the right.

Peace talks had started on 9 May between Talleyrand, who negotiated for the exiled Bourbon king Louis XVIII of France, and the allies of Chaumont, who had agreed to reduce France to her 1792 borders and restore the independence of her neighbors after Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat.

Napoleon had on 31 July instructed his Foreign Minister, Talleyrand, to inform the Danes that if they did not wish for Holstein to be invaded and occupied by Jean Bernadotte they must prepare for war against Britain.

She visited Coppet once or twice, but for the most part in the early days of the revolutionary period she was in Paris taking an interest in, and attending the Assembly, and holding a salon on the Rue du Bac, attended by Talleyrand, Abbé Delille, Clermont-Tonnerre, and Gouverneur Morris.

Boucher, the personal chef of the French statesman Talleyrand, was the first to insist on white toques for sanitary reasons.

Even Prime Minister Talleyrand disapproved of such practices, including the useless death sentence on Michel Ney and compiling proscription lists of other military people and former republican politicians.

In January 1802, the Consulta decided to change the name of the State to the Italian Republic, when Napoleon had himself elected president, on 24 January, on the advice of Talleyrand.

On that anniversary, Talleyrand and three hundred priests officiated at the " altar of the nation " erected on the Champ de Mars, wearing tricolor waistbands over their priestly vestments and calling down God's blessing upon the Revolution.

Neither Talleyrand nor Jackson persuaded the Danes to end their neutrality so Jackson went back to the British fleet assembled in the Sound on 15 August.

The blame which the apologists of the emperor have thrown on Talleyrand or Savary is debatable, as at times he was known to claim Talleyrand created the idea, while at others took full responsibilities for the killing.

In 1811, Napoleon called on Talleyrand to reimburse the city of Hamburg the four millions it had paid him in order to avoid incorporation into the new French département of the Bouches-de-l ' Elbe.

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand wrote that Joseph Bonaparte " sought only life's pleasures and easy access to libertinism " while on the throne of Naples.

There, Ernest Renan studied under the direction of the Abbé Dupanloup, who attained celebrity in 1838 when he reconciled the notoriously amoral diplomat Talleyrand, who had received the minor orders at Saint-Nicholas, to the church on his death-bed.

Talleyrand, bishop of Autun, proposed that the clergy renounce their land holdings: the nation would take over the resources of the Church and, in return, take on its expenses.

As a matter of fact, since the Spring of 1804 informal talks, mediated by Talleyrand, had been under way with the Batavian envoy in Paris, Schimmelpenninck, who had a good personal rapport with Napoleon ( by now emperor ).

A mass was celebrated by Talleyrand, bishop of Autun.

Gerry, along with cocommissioners Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and John Marshall, traveled to France and met with Foreign Minister Talleyrand.

Gerry stayed behind, believing that Talleyrand was not behind the extortion attempt.

Prior to his employment with Talleyrand, Carême had become known for his pièces montèes, which were extravagant constructions of pastry and sugar architecture.

When Napoleon rose to power in 1799, there was no ancient base from which to draw his staff, and he had to choose the people he thought best for the job, including officers from his army, revolutionaries who had been in the National Assembly, and even some former aristocrats such as prime minister Talleyrand.

* February 13 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician ( d. 1838 )

Meanwhile, the 22 Floréal-coup in France undermined Delacroix, because it inspired more sympathy by French foreign minister Talleyrand for the Dutch opposition members who demanded the ambassador's recall.

Talleyrand and Napoleon therefore saw a possibility of a compromise, in which France would retain its chain of docile client states, but with the " revolutionary " sting removed, to appease the Allies.

He had also become a confidant of the emperor, and now engaged in a secret correspondence with Talleyrand and Napoleon.

Talleyrand had meanwhile drafted a " Treaty " which contained the conditions under which the crown of " Holland " was to be offered to Louis: no union of the crowns ; no conscription ; a possible commercial treaty with France ; and the basic freedoms of the Netherlands ( linguistic, religious, judicial ) were to be maintained ; while the civil list was fixed at the " modest sum " of 1. 5 million guilders.

* also substantively, the title was granted by popes and secular monarchs to specific individuals and to the heads of some high-ranking European families who, however, never exercised dynastic sovereignty and whose cadets are not entitled to share the princely title, e. g. de Beauvau-Craon, Colonna, von Bismarck, von Dohna-Schlobitten, von Eulenburg, de Faucigny-Lucinge, von Lichnowsky, von Pless, Ruffo di Calabria, ( de Talleyrand ) von Sagan, van Ursel, etc.

" In a sentence inspired by a quote of Talleyrand about the Bourbons after the restoration of the French monarchy in 1815, Churchill declared: " He is like the Bourbons, he has learned nothing and forgotten everything.

The council was informally headed by the Prince de Talleyrand.

Talleyrand represented France at the proceedings.

Artois, Berry and Angoulême were purged from the new " ministère ", and Talleyrand was appointed as the first Président du Conseil, i. e. Prime Minister of France.

In August elections for the Chamber of Deputies returned unfavourable results for Talleyrand.