Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (Sharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord)

Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice Perigord - Sharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838) - Bishop Otensky, Prince of Benevento, Count Dino. One of the main characters of the Napoleonic era. Head of the coup that brought Napoleon to power. It is also widely known for his dubious principles and greed. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Directory, Consulate, Empire of Napoleon, then Louis XVIII and Louis-Philippe. Total oath of allegiance to 18 by the French government from 1790 to 1834 years. Since 1804 was in collusion with the Austrian court, and since 1808. with the Russian Tsar, who reported all steps of Napoleon and make recommendations for its neutralization. After the occupation of Paris by the Russian army, in his house stood, Alexander I, where it is believed, under the influence Taylerana, took unpopular in France, the decision to restore the rule of the royal House of Bourbon. In the same year at the Congress of Vienna, the European powers started a conspiracy against Russia. Napoleon during the Hundred Days, revealed this plot and told the king about it. Because of what Russia did not attend the Battle of Waterloo. After the second restoration at the request of Alexander I was sacked. At the time of Louis-Philippe of France and contributed to the rapprochement of Britain and the rejection of Belgium from Holland. It was a question of the intervention of the Russian army in France. But because of the unrest in Poland and the cruel plague, it does not take place, as a result of Nicholas I agreed to the appearance of Belgium, as an independent state. In the delimitation of state borders, Talleyrand for bribery, including the port of Antwerp in Belgium. Because of the subsequent scandal, was forced to resign last.