Marie Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquis of Rumigny (1784-1871) was a French Peer and diplomat.
Family
editHe 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:
- Marie Louise Eve de Gueulluy: married Ludovic, son of Charles Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel.
- Marie Antoinette Julie Eugenie de Gueulluy, married to Count Eduard, Count of Sercey an ambassador.
- Marie Julie Sophie de Gueulluy, married Aymard Charles Hébert, Count of Beauvoir.
Career
editIn 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
edit- 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]
References
edit- ^ Livre d'or de la noblesse européenne /Léon de Givodan /Collège héraldique et archéologique de France, 1852
- ^ Anson Jones: The Last President of Texas
- ^ La Belgique devant la France de juillet: l'opinion et l'attitude françaises de 1839 à 1848, Nummer 137
- ^ Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, Volume 22
- ^ Le livre d'or de l'ordre de Léopold et de la croix de fer, Volume 2
- ^ Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Nummers 513-552
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