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Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duke de Persigny

French statesman
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Born:
Jan. 11, 1808, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse, France
Died:
Jan. 12, 1872, Nice (aged 64)
Title / Office:
Legislative Assembly (1849-1851), France
Political Affiliation:
Bonapartist
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Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duke de Persigny (born Jan. 11, 1808, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse, France—died Jan. 12, 1872, Nice) was a French statesman who helped pave the way for Louis-Napoléon’s rise to power as the emperor Napoleon III. Born of a petty noble family, he served in the hussars from 1825 to 1831, when he was dismissed for participation in a political rebellion. Thereafter he devoted himself to the restoration of the empire and to the cause of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. He was active in the latter’s attempted coups in 1836 and 1840 and in his eventual election to the presidency in 1848. He was ...(100 of 222 words)

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