DECAZES, ÉLIE

ālēˈ dəkäzˈ, 1780–1860, French statesman, a favorite of King Louis XVIII, who made him a duke in 1820. A lawyer and judge, Decazes was made minister of police in 1815 and was influential in the French government even before he became (1819) premier. His government maintained a precarious balance between the ultraroyalists and the radicals, as he emerged as a leader of the moderates supporting a constitutional government. His downfall came when the ultraroyalists accused him of complicity in the assassination (1820) of the duc de Berry. He resigned, but Louis XVIII sent him as ambassador to England (1820–21). Decazes continued to figure in politics until the February Revolution of 1848.

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1.
Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire
Book by Edgar Leon Newman, Robert Lawrence Simpson; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: France--History--Louis Philip, 1830-1848--Dictionaries, France--History--Restoration, 1814-1830--Dictionaries, France--History--Second Republic, 1848-1852--Dictionaries
...which landed him in court. He specifically blamed Elie Decazes for the murder of the duc de Berry in February 1820 and helped bring about the fall of the Decazes ministry. Martainvilles paper became so virulent that...
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The Duke of Wellington and the British Army of Occupation in France, 1815-1818
Book by Thomas Dwight Veve; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--1814-1830, France--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, France--History--Louis Xviii, 1814-1824, Great Britain--Army--History--19th Century, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--1800-1837, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--France, Great Britain--History, Military--19th Century, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Peace, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley--Duke Of--1769-1852
...ministerial desk. 30. Elie Decazes 1780-1860 , duke, served under...returned under the Second Restoration, Decazes became prefect of the Parisian...Fouche as minister of police. Decazes became the special favorite of...
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The Third Republic of France: The First Phase 1871-1894
Book by Guy Chapman; St Martins Press, 1962
Subjects: France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940
...coal-mine in France, Anzin, had married sisters. The Duc Decazes, whose dukedom was of 1819, was a shareholder in the Decazeville...such as the impetuous Duc dAudriffet-Pasquier and the Duc Decazes; there were others who called themselves fusionists, that...
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Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870-1940 - Vol. 2
Book by Patrick H. Hutton, Amanda S. Bourque, Amy J. Staples; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940--Dictionaries
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France in Modern Times: 1760 to the Present
Book by Gordon Wright; Rand McNally, 1960
Subjects: France--History
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Decazes, Élie
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DECAZES, ELIE ale d kaz , 1780 1860, French statesman...him a duke in 1820. A lawyer and judge, Decazes was made minister of police in 1815 and...him as ambassador to England (1820 21). Decazes continued to figure in politics until the...
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Charles X , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...triumphed after the assassination (1820) of Charless son the duc de Berry . The event caused the fall of the ministry of Elie Decazes and the advent of the comte de Villele , who continued as chief minister after Charless accession. Among the many...
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Louis XVIII , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Napoleons rule of a Hundred Days . His chief ministers were at first moderates Armand Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu , and Elie Decazes but the ultraroyalists, led by Louiss brother, the comte dArtois (later Charles X ), triumphed after the assassination...
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Richelieu, Armand Emmanuel Du Plessis, Duc De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Richelieu resigned in 1818, but returned to power in 1820, after the murder of the duc de Berry caused the fall of Elie Decazes . His measures against the radicals were not sufficient to suit the ultraroyalists, who applied pressure on Louis XVIII...


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