Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th Duke of Uzès
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18 January 1840
Emmanuel de Crussol 12th Duke of Uzès | |
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| General Councilor of Gard Canton of Uzès | |
| In office 1871–1878 | |
| Preceded by | Maxime Goirand de Labaume |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Coste |
| Member of Parliament for Gard | |
| In office 8 February 1871 – 7 March 1876 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol 18 January 1840 Paris, France |
| Died | 28 November 1878 (aged 38) Paris, France |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Jacques de Crussol d'Uzès Simone de Crussol d'Uzès Louis de Crussol d'Uzès Mathilde Renée de Crussol d'Uzès |
| Parent(s) | Géraud de Crussol d'Uzès Françoise de Talhouët-Roy |
| Relatives | Crussol family |
| Education | École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr |
Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th Duke of Uzès (18 January 1840 – 28 November 1878), known as the Duke of Crussol from 1843 to 1872, was a French soldier and politician.
He was born in Paris on 18 January 1840 as the son of Géraud de Crussol, 11th Duke of Uzès (1808–1872), and Françoise de Talhouët-Roy (1818–1863). His elder sister, Laure, married Joseph Philippe Léopold Vogt, Viscount of Hunolstein. His younger siblings were Frédéric Jacques, who died accidentally while attending the École navale; Élisabeth Olive Emmanuelle, who married the Marquis Louis Marie Hector de Galard de Béarn; and Mathilde, who died unmarried.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Adrien-François-Emmanuel de Crussol, styled Duke of Crussol (as eldest son and heir apparent of Marie-François-Emmanuel de Crussol, 10th Duke of Uzès), and Catherine Victoire Victurnienne de Rochechouart-Mortemart (a daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 10th Duke of Mortemart). His maternal grandparents were Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët, Marquis de Talhouët, and Alexandrine Roy (daughter and heiress of Count Antoine Roy).[1]
Career
Crussol entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1857, graduating in 1859. He was appointed second lieutenant in the 3rd Hussar Regiment, but did not receive his lieutenant's stripes until 1864. Shortly after his marriage in 1867, however, Crussol left the French Army.[2]
He was an unsuccessful candidate in the elections to the Legislature on 24 May 1869 as an independent candidate for Gard's 2nd constituency (Uzès), which his father had already represented in the lower house of the Second Empire from 1852 to 1857. But he was elected representative to the National Assembly in this same constituency on 8 February 1871, and took his place on the extreme right, registering with the Réunion Colbert and the Cercle des Réservoirs. He was part of the budget commission and voted for peace, for the repeal of the laws of exile, for the bishops' petition, for the resignation of Thiers, for the seven-year term, for the Broglie ministry, against the Wallon amendment and the constitutional laws of 1875. He did not stand again in the 1876 elections.[2]
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