Alphonsus comte de Rayneval (1 August 1813 – 10 February 1858) was a French politician, diplomat and aristocrat who was briefly

Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

in 1849, French Ambassador to the Holy See from 1850 to 1857, and French Ambassador to Russia from 1857 to 1858.

Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Francis, comte de Rayneval, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Restoration. His sister was Clemence de Rayneval, a model for

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. He was undersecretary to the French Ambassador to Rome and ministre plénipotentiaire in Naples (1848-1849).
He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 31 October 1849 to 17 November 1849, in the Government of Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul. After that, he was Ambassador of France to the Holy See (1850-1857) and to Russia (1857-1858). He died in Paris and is buried at

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"Rayneval, Alphonse Gerard De", ''DSpace at Tartu University Library'' (Estonia), Kiri Peterburi TA-le (1800)
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