Prince de Polignac
Prime Minister of France
In office August 8, 1829 – July 29, 1830
Preceded by	Vicomte de Martignac
Succeeded by	Duc de Broglie
Born	1780
Died	March 29, 1847
Political party	None

Jules Auguste Armand Marie, prince de Polignac (Versailles, 1780 – March 29, 1847^{(dubious; discuss)} ), was a French statesman. He played a conspicuous part in the clerical and ultra-royalist reaction after the Revolution. He was called as Prime minister by Charles X just before the 1830 July Revolution which overthrew the Bourbon Restoration. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jean-Baptiste Sylvère Gay, vicomte de Martignac (June 20, 1778 - April 3, 1832), was a French statesman. ... Achille-Léonce-Victor-Charles, 3rd duc de Broglie (November 28, 1785–January 26, 1870), was a French statesman and diplomat. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Versailles (pronounced , in French), formerly the de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ... The term Ultra-Royalists or simply Ultras refers to a reactionary faction which sat in the French parliament from 1815 to 1830. ... The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a pivotal period in the history of French, European and Western civilization. ... Charles X of France and Navarre (October 9, 1757 – November 6, 1836) was born at the Palace of Versailles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Following the ouster of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. ...

Biography

Jules was the son of Jules, comte de Polignac (1746-1817), who was created a duc in 1780, and Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac (1749-1793), governess to the children of Marie-Antoinette. The young Jules was raised in the environment of the court of Versailles. (Under the empire he was implicated in the conspiracy of Cadoudal and Pichegru (1804), and was imprisoned till 1813. After the restoration of the Bourbons he held various offices, received from the pope his title of "prince" in 1820, and in 1823 was made ambassador to the English court. Gabrielle de Polastron Yolande Martine Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac (September 8, 1749–December 9, 1793) was a French aristocrat and friend of Marie Antoinette, whom she first met at Versailles in 1775. ... The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire or the Napoleonic Empire, covers the period of the domination of France and much of continental Europe by Napoleon I of France. ... Georges Cadoudal (January 1, 1771 - June 10, 1804), leader of the Chouans during the French Revolution, was born near Auray. ... Charles Pichegru (February 16, 1761 _ April 15, 1804), French general, was born at Arbois, or, according to Charles Nodier, at Les Planches, near Lons-le-Saulnier. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Also see:  Early Modern France The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house. ...

Polignac was an ultra-royalist who believed that the power in France should be given back to the monarch and the noble classes. He thought his divine mission was to accomplish this and claimed of seeing visions of the Virgin Mary promising success. As a Catholic he did not mind the church's increase in power, but he did think that God was on his side rather than the Pope's. The term Ultra-Royalists or simply Ultras refers to a reactionary faction which sat in the French parliament from 1815 to 1830. ...

On August 8, 1829 he was called by Charles X to the ministry of foreign affairs, and in the following November he became president of the council. His appointment was taken as symbolical of the king's intention to overthrow the constitution, and Polignac, with the other ministers, was held responsible for the policy which culminated in the issue of the Four Ordinances which were the immediate cause of the revolution of July 1830. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Charles X of France and Navarre (October 9, 1757 – November 6, 1836) was born at the Palace of Versailles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On the outbreak of this he fled for his life, but, after wandering for some time among the wilds of Normandy, was arrested at Granville. His trial before the chamber of peers resulted in his condemnation to perpetual imprisonment (at Ham), but he benefited by the amnesty of 1836, when the sentence was commuted to one of exile. During his captivity he wrote Considerations politiques (1832). He afterwards spent some years in England, but finally was permitted to re-enter France on condition that he did not take up his abode in Paris. Mont Saint-Michel, one of the famous symbols of Normandy. ... Granville is a commune of the Manche département, in France. ... Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...

He died at St. Germain in 1847; a month before, he had assumed the title of Duc de Polignac upon the death of his older brother.^{(dubious; discuss)}

Jules married twice, first to Barbara Campbell (1788-1819), and, after Barbara's death, to Maria Charlotte Parkyns (1792-1864). He fathered seven children, including Prince Alphonse de Polignac (1826-1863), inventor of the mathematical theory of twin primes; Prince Ludovic de Polignac (1827-1904), a lieutenant-colonel in the French Army who participated in the colonization of Algeria; Prince Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac (1832-1913), a major-general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and a mathematician; and Prince Edmond de Polignac (1834-1901), a composer and theorist of the octatonic scale. Camille Armand Jules Marie Prince de Polignac Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac, a Major General in the forces of the Confederate States of America, was born February 16, 1832 in Millemont Seine-et-Oise, France. ...

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Some genealogical information concerning the Polignacs.

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