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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
French secularized clergyman, statesman, and diplomat (–)
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (;[1]French:[ʃaʁlmɔʁisdətal(ɛ)ʁɑ̃peʁiɡɔʁ,–moʁ-]; 2 February – 17 May ), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularized clergyman, statesman, and leading diplomat.
Talleyrand biography
After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the Clergy in In , just before the French Revolution, he became Bishop of Autun. He worked at the highest levels of successive French governments, most commonly as foreign minister or in some other diplomatic capacity.
His career spanned the regimes of Louis XVI, the years of the French Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe I. Those Talleyrand served often distrusted him but, like Napoleon, found him extremely useful.
The name "Talleyrand" has become a byword for crafty and cynical diplomacy.
He was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when French