Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas
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Ange Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas de Cormaillon, Baron de Damas (Paris September 30, 1785 to May 6, 1862) was a French general and Minister.
, Colonel aide to Mr. Maxence de Damas, great-grand-son of General Sarsfield, Irish hero.
He is led by his uncle the Duke of Richelieu, and is presented to Tsar Paul I to join the military cadet school in St. Petersburg.
He began a distinguished military career in the service of Czar Alexander. He participates in the European campaigns against the armies of Napoleon and entered Paris. At the request of Louis XVIII, Maxence de Damas began a new military career in France.
He became Minister of War in 1823, designed the Act of 1824, which emphasized commitment to the number, competence through training and length of service. In 1824, the king asked him to replace François-René de Chateaubriand
, as Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He managed to solve the crisis in Spain and Portugal, and Greece with the Ottoman empire, and ordered an archaeological expedition on the Euphrates, which will update the City of Ur and the splendors of Khorsabad. He negotiated with the Republic of Santo Domingo for compensation of the French.
From 1828, he became tutor to the Duke of Bordeaux, future "Henry V". After the July Revolution (1830), he accompanied the Dauphin and the Charles X of France
into exile.
By his marriage with Charlotte Laure de Hautefort, daughter Julie, Alix de Choiseul-Praslin, he became owner of the Château de Sainte-Suzanne (Mayenne
) May 10, 1822; he sold the castle December 30, 1855.
Biography
At the death of his father Charles Damascus in QuiberonQuiberon
Quiberon is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.It is situated on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon...
, Colonel aide to Mr. Maxence de Damas, great-grand-son of General Sarsfield, Irish hero.
He is led by his uncle the Duke of Richelieu, and is presented to Tsar Paul I to join the military cadet school in St. Petersburg.
He began a distinguished military career in the service of Czar Alexander. He participates in the European campaigns against the armies of Napoleon and entered Paris. At the request of Louis XVIII, Maxence de Damas began a new military career in France.
Military and political career in France
He was appointed lieutenant general in 1815 and given command of the 8th division Marseille. After having pacified the South, he commanded the 9th Division in Spain, he received the surrender of Figuières. He was appointed a Peer of France in 1823.He became Minister of War in 1823, designed the Act of 1824, which emphasized commitment to the number, competence through training and length of service. In 1824, the king asked him to replace François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.-Early life and exile:...
, as Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He managed to solve the crisis in Spain and Portugal, and Greece with the Ottoman empire, and ordered an archaeological expedition on the Euphrates, which will update the City of Ur and the splendors of Khorsabad. He negotiated with the Republic of Santo Domingo for compensation of the French.
From 1828, he became tutor to the Duke of Bordeaux, future "Henry V". After the July Revolution (1830), he accompanied the Dauphin and the Charles X of France
Charles X of France
Charles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
into exile.
By his marriage with Charlotte Laure de Hautefort, daughter Julie, Alix de Choiseul-Praslin, he became owner of the Château de Sainte-Suzanne (Mayenne
Mayenne
Mayenne is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.-History:Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine...
) May 10, 1822; he sold the castle December 30, 1855.
Retirement Hautefort
The baron returned to Damascus in France in 1833, and retired to the castle of his wife, Hautefort. He began his ultimate career dedicated to social works, manager of the hospice Hautefort, creating the first local "social security", promoting agriculture through the introduction of a loan of honor, and writing his memoirs.Death and burial
Baron de Damas (born in Paris September 30, 1785, died in Paris May 6, 1862, Lieutenant General in 1815, even of France in 1823, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1824 to 1828, governor of the Duke of Bordeaux in 1828, an exile with Charles X in 1830, then retired to Hautefort in 1833, where he wrote his memoirs), and the body of his wife, born Sigismunda Charlotte Laure de Hautefort (born in Paris July 2, 1799, died September 10, 1847, daughter of Amadeus, Count of Hautefort, and of Julie Alix de Choiseul-Praslin)Works
- Ange-Hyacinthe de Damas, Mémoires du baron de Damas (1785–1862), publiées par son petit-fils Comte de Damas, Paris, 1922 (réédition : Phénix Editions, 2005 ISBN 2745814443)
- Petr Zaborov, « "Ja Rossii i russkih ne zabyvaju" Dvadcat' pjat' pisem barona de Dama k semejstvu Oleninyh », dans Cahiers du monde russe, no 39/3 (1998)