Alphonse de Rayneval
French politician and Foreign Minister
About Alphonse de Rayneval
Lived 1813 – 1858 (aged 44). Alphonse de Rayneval was a French politician, diplomat and botanical collector.
Alphonsus comte de Rayneval (1 August 1813 – 10 February 1858) was a French politician, diplomat and aristocrat who was briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1849, French Ambassador to the Holy See from 1850 to 1857, and French Ambassador to Russia from 1857 to 1858.
Biography He was born in Paris, the son of Francis, comte de Rayneval, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Restoration. His sister was Clemence de Rayneval, a model for Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
He was undersecretary to the French Ambassador to Rome and ministre plénipotentiaire in Naples (1848-1849). He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 31 October 1849 to 17 November 1849, in the Government of Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul. After that, he was Ambassador of France to the Holy See (1850-1857) and to Russia (1857-1858).
He died in Paris and is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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French politician and Foreign Minister (1813–1858)
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Alphonse de Rayneval was born on 1 August 1813 in Paris.
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Alphonse de Rayneval died on 10 February 1858 in Paris.
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Alphonse de Rayneval was a politician, diplomat and botanical collector.
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Alphonse de Rayneval was French.
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