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Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duke de Persigny
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Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duke de Persigny

French statesman
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Jean-Gilbert-Victor Fialin, duke de Persigny (born Jan. 11, 1808, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse, France—died Jan. 12, 1872, Nice) was a French statesman who helped pave the way for Louis-NapolĂ©on’s rise to power as the emperor Napoleon III. Born of a petty noble family, he served in the hussars from 1825 to 1831, when he was dismissed for participation in a political rebellion. Thereafter he devoted himself to the restoration of the empire and to the cause of Louis-NapolĂ©on...

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