Marthe Camille Bachasson, comte de Montalivet
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Valence, Drôme
Valence is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, south of Lyon on the railway to Marseilles.Its inhabitants are called Valentinois...
, 24 April 1801 - Saint-Bouize
Saint-Bouize
Saint-Bouize is a commune in the Cher department in central France.-Population:-Sights:* Chateau Lagrange-Montalivet, 1590.* Church St. Baudel : Built in four stages, ... The base is a Romanesque church Berry "pure", consisting of two rectangles built in the twelfth century...
, 4 January 1880) was a French
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statesman and a Peer of France.
Family
Second son of Jean-Pierre Bachasson, 1st count of Montalivet (1766–1823), peer of France and Minister of Emperor Napoléon, he was born in Valence, DrômeValence, Drôme
Valence is a commune in southeastern France, the capital of the Drôme department, situated on the left bank of the Rhône, south of Lyon on the railway to Marseilles.Its inhabitants are called Valentinois...
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After the death of his father and brother in 1823, he inherited the title of count
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
and peer of France, and was one of the youngest peers of seat in the Chamber of Peers.
Minister of Louis-Philippe
He joined promptly the July MonarchyJuly Monarchy
The July Monarchy , officially the Kingdom of France , was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848...
during the July Revolution
July Revolution
The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution or in French, saw the overthrow of King Charles X of France, the French Bourbon monarch, and the ascent of his cousin Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who himself, after 18 precarious years on the throne, would in turn be overthrown...
of 1830 and was called to the Ministry of the Interior
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in November, where his main task was to prevent any troubles during the trial of the former ministers of King Charles X
Charles X of France
Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
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Afterwards, he was alternatively Minister of the Interior and Minister of Education in the different cabinets
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After 1839, he became Intendant of the Civil List
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, and created the Museum of Versailles in the walls of the Palace of Versailles
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, in order to reconcile France with the Ancien Régime.
A supporter of the July Monarchy
After the 1848 Revolution, he defended the action of the July Monarchy, and, as intimate friend of the former royal family, acted as executor of the will of King Louis-Philippe.Rally to Republic
After the fall of the Second French EmpireSecond French Empire
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in 1870, he rallied the "conservative republican" ideas of his friend Adolphe Thiers
Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
, and thus considerably eased the vote by the centre right of the constitutional laws of 1875, establishing a Republic in France.
He seated at the French Senate
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by 1879 to his death.
Family
He married on 26 January 1828 Clémentine Françoise Paillard-Duclère (LavalLaval, Mayenne
Laval is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.It lies on the threshold of Brittany and on the border between Normandy and Anjou. Its citizens are called Lavallois.-Geography:...
, 21 February 1806 - Paris, 3 March 1882), and had five daughters:
- Marie Adélaïde Bachasson de Montalivet (5 November 1828 - 14 April 1880), married in Saint-Bouize on 17 August 1847 Laurent François, Marquis de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (30 December 1815 - 30 January 1904), son of Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (ToulToulToul is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:Toul is located between Commercy and Nancy, and situated between the Moselle River and the Canal de la Marne au Rhin....
, 13 May 1764 - HyèresHyèresHyères , Provençal Occitan: Ieras in classical norm or Iero in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France....
, 17 March 1830) and wife Anne de Gouvion (Toul, 2 November 1775 - Paris, 18 June 1844), and had issue - Adélaïde Joséphine Bachasson de Montalivet (Paris, 16 December 1830 - Paris, 14 December 1920), married in Saint-Bouize on 6 November 1850 Antoine Achille Masson, dit de Montalivet (Meurthe-et-MoselleMeurthe-et-MoselleMeurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
, Nancy, 27 June 1815 - VilledieuVilledieuVilledieu is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Villedieu, Cantal, in the Cantal département]]* Villedieu, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or département* Villedieu, Vaucluse, in the Vaucluse département...
, 31 October 1882), son of Georges Masson, vice mayorDeputy MayorDeputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments. Many elected deputy mayors are members of the city council who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence...
of Nancy in 1814, and wife Claire Felaize, and had issue - Camille Bachasson de Montalivet (1 September 1832 - MentonMentonMenton is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Situated on the French Riviera, along the Franco-Italian border, it is nicknamed la perle de la France ....
, 4 February 1887), married on 28 November 1849 Théodore du Moncel (1821–1884) and had female issue - Marie Amélie Bachasson de Montalivet (10 January 1837 - 15 March 1899), married in Paris on 16 May 1861 François Gustave Adolphe Guyot de Villeneuve (25 October 1825 - Paris, 22 March 1899), son of François-Pierre Guyot de Villeneuve and wife Joséphine Victoire Pelon, and had issue
- Marie Adélaïde Marthe Bachasson de Montalivet (Paris, 9 October 1844 - Paris, 2 August 1914), married in Saint-Bouize on 19 June 1865 Georges Marie René PicotGeorges PicotGeorges Marie René Picot was a French lawyer and historian.Born in Paris, son of Charles Picot and wife Henriette Bidois , his main work is Histoire des États généraux for which he twice gained the prize of the French Academy...
(Paris, 24 December 1838 - AllevardAllevardAllevard, also Allevard-les-Bains is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....
, IsèreIsèreIsère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
, 16 August 1909), son of Charles Picot (OrléansOrléans-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
, 4 August 1795 - Paris, 31 January 1870) and wife Henriette Bidois (Paris, 1799 - Paris, 19 November 1862), and had issue; they are the great-grandparents in female line of Valéry Giscard d'EstaingValéry Giscard d'EstaingValéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981...
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Trivia
- There is a Camille de Montalivet Lane in Valence, Drôme.
- The roseRoseA rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...
"Comte de Montalivet" was also named afyter him. This rose, of the Hybrid Perpetual class, was created in 1846 from the seeds of William Jesse, and its colours are marrying red and purple.