Armand Charles Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest explained

Armand Charles Emmanuel Guignard
Birth Date:1782
Death Date:1863
Parents:François-Emmanuel Guignard and Constance Wilhelmine de Saint-Priest
Spouse:Princess Sophie Alexeievna Galitzine
Nationality:French
Occupation:Diplomat
Years Active:1820s–1860s

Armand Charles Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest (1782–1863)[1] was a French aristocrat who was involved in both the politics of France and the Russian Empire during the First French Empire and the Bourbon Restoration. He was the second son of prominent French émigré diplomat François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, one of King Louis XVI of France's[2] last ministers.

During the Napoleonic Wars, he served Czar Alexander I of Russia. During this time, he married Princess Sophie Alexeievna Galitzine (23 November 177723 July 1814), the daughter of a highly noble Lithuanian-Russian family.[3] In appreciation of his loyalty, Alexander made him the Governor of Podolia and Odessa.[4] [5]

In 1822, he returned to France with his son, Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, and was made a Peer of France.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Duvurgier, A. J. . 1839 . Mémorial historique de la noblesse, Volume 1 . 182 . September 8, 2015.
  2. Book: 1870 . Annuaire de la noblesse de France et des maisons souveraines de l'Europe . 127 . September 8, 2015.
  3. Saint Priest, François Emmanuel Guignard. Saint Priest, François Emmanuel Guignard s.v. Armand Emmanuel Charles. 24. 42.
  4. Book: 1989 . The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham . . 271 . 0198226160 . September 8, 2015.
  5. Book: 1816 . Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Volume 2; Volume 7 . 294 . September 8, 2015. France .