Marie Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquis of Rumigny explained

Marie Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquis of Rumigny (1784-1871) was a French Peer and diplomat.

Family

He was the son of Louis-Gabriel de Gueulluy, 1st Marquis of Rumigny (1761-1835), created Marquis by Louis XVIII, and Marie-Julie Hatte.^[1] His brother was Marie-Théodore Gueilly, vicomte de Rumigny a famous French general, and Aide-de-camp of king Louis Philippe I and his sister was married to viscount Pierre Charles Dejean.

He married Caroline Mortier de Trévise, daughter of Edouard Mortier, Duke of Treviso and had three daughters:

1. Marie Louise Eve de Gueulluy: married Ludovic, son of Charles Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel.
2. Marie Antoinette Julie Eugenie de Gueulluy, married to Count Eduard, Count of Sercey an ambassador.
3. Marie Julie Sophie de Gueulluy, married Aymard Charles Hébert, Count of Beauvoir.

Career

In 1805 he entered the French service of foreign diplomacy and became a close confidant of the King.^[2] In 1839 he was ambassador in Madrid, and was remarked to be an excellent diplomate.^[3] He was Ambassador of the French king in Brussels and succeeded Louis Sérurier. Leopold I, King of the Belgians was son-in law of the French king.^[4] He did retire after the French revolution of 1848 in Brussels, where he died at high age.

Honours

• Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold in 1857.^[5]
• Grand officer of the Legion of Honour
• Commander of the Order of the Polar Star.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Livre d'or de la noblesse européenne /Léon de Givodan /Collège héraldique et archéologique de France, 1852
2. Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas
3. La Belgique devant la France de juillet: l'opinion et l'attitude françaises de 1839 à 1848, Nummer 137
4. Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, Volume 22
5. Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 2
6. Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Nummers 513-552