Alphonse_de_Rayneval

Alphonse de Rayneval

Alphonse de Rayneval

French politician

See also: Joseph Matthias Gérard de Rayneval

Alphonsus comte de Rayneval (1 August 1813, Paris – 10 February 1858, Paris) was French politician, and Foreign Minister.

Portrait of Count Alphonse de Rayneval

He was 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.[1]

He was undersecretary to the French Ambassador to Rome and ministre plénipotentiaire in Naples (1848-1849).
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 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 is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Andrew Carrington Shelton (2005). Ingres and his critics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84243-3.
  2. [2]
    "MEMODOC : Deux siècles d'histoire au cimetière du père lachaise, tombes à Paris, nécropole, guide de visite, index des noms de familles".
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