Jules de Polignac
Jules Auguste Armand Marie de Polignac, Count of Polignac (French pronunciation: [ʒyl də pɔliɲak]; 14 May 1780 – 30 March 1847), then Prince of Polignac, and briefly 3rd Duke of Polignac in 1847, was a French statesman and ultra-royalist politician after the Revolution. He served as prime minister under Charles X, just before the July Revolution in 1830 that overthrew the senior line of the House of Bourbon.
Jules de Polignac GCOSL, OLH, KOHS, KOSML | |
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| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 8 August 1829 – 29 July 1830 | |
| Monarchs | Charles X Louis XIX Henry V |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste de Martignac |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Laffitte |
| French Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 28 December 1822 – 4 January 1828 | |
| Appointed by | Jean-Baptiste de Villèle |
| Preceded by | François-René de Chateaubriand |
| Succeeded by | Pierre de Montmorency-Laval |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1780 Versailles, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 2 March 1847 (aged 66) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France |
| Resting place | Picpus Cemetery |
| Political party | Ultra-royalist |
| Spouses | Barbara Campbell
(m. 1816; died 1819) |
| Children | Armand Seyna-Camille Alphonse Ludovic Yolande Camille Edmond |
| Parent(s) | Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac Gabrielle de Polastron |
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