Louis-Mathieu Molé
French statesman (1781–1855) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis-Mathieu Molé (24 January 1781 – 23 November 1855), also 1st Count Molé from 1809 to 1815, was a French statesman and a close friend and associate of Louis Philippe I, King of the French during the July Monarchy (1830–1848).
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Louis-Mathieu Molé | |
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 Portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 6 September 1836 – 31 March 1839 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Adolphe Thiers |
| Succeeded by | Jean-de-Dieu Soult |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 11 August 1830 – 2 November 1830 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Jourdan |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Joseph Maison |
| Minister of the Navy and Colonies | |
| In office 12 September 1817 – 29 December 1818 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVIII |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Richelieu |
| Preceded by | Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Barthélémy d'Albarèdes |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 20 November 1813 – 1 April 1814 | |
| Monarch | Napoleon I |
| Preceded by | Claude Ambroise Régnier |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Henrion de Pansey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1781-01-24)24 January 1781 Paris, France |
| Died | 23 November 1855(1855-11-23) (aged 74) Épinay-Champlâtreux, Val-d'Oise, French Empire |
| Political party | Nonpartisan (1806–15; 1830–48) Doctrinaire (1815–1830) |
| Spouse |
Caroline-Joséphine de La Live
(m. 1798; died 1845) |
| Children | Clotilde and Élisabeth |
| Profession | Writer, diplomat |
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