Henri, Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais
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Henri-Godefroi-Bernard-Alphonse, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne, marquis de Saint-Paulet (21 October 1823 – 5 May 1871) was a French politician of the Second Empire who twice served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Emperor Napoleon III.
De La Tour d'Auvergne was Ambassador of France to London (1863–69), in which capacity he was a signatory to the Treaty of London in 1867.
Personal life
He was the son of Melchior de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1794-1849), 1st Marquess of Saint-Paulet and 2nd Baron of the Empire, and Laurence de Chauvigny de Blot.
He was married to Emilie Céleste Montault des Illes (1822-1857), daughter of Charles Montault des Illes and Emilie Adélaïde Bertrand. His only son was:
- Charles-Laurent-Bernard-Godefroi de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1852-1903), 2nd Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais, 3rd Marquess of Saint-Paulet and 4th Baron of the Empire. Married in 1875 to Marie Léontine Ysoré d'Hervault de Pleumartin, daughter of Anne Antoine Ysoré d'Hervault, 7th Marquis de Pleumartin, and Césarine de Gars de Courcelles. He had three children:
- Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1876-1914), 3rd Prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais, 4th Marquess of Saint-Paulet and 5th Baron of the Empire. Married in 1904 to Elisabeth Berthier de Wagram (1885–1960), daughter of Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (grandson of Louis-Alexandre Berthier) and Bertha Clara von Rothschild (daughter of Mayer Carl, Baron von Rothschild).
- Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1877-1940)
- Césarine de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1879-1947)
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Honours and titles
Marquis de France (succeeded his father in the marquisate of Saint-Paulet, 1849)[1]
Grand-croix, Légion d'honneur
Knight, Order of Malta
Knight, Order of Pius IX
Knight, Saxe-Ernestine House Order
Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Red Eagle
Knight Commander, Order of the Two Sicilies
Knight Commander, Order of St. Gregory the Great
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