Melchior de Polignac

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Melchior de Polignac

French clergyman and statesman

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Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre
…he acted as secretary to Melchior de Polignac, the French plenipotentiary at the Congress of Utrecht, which ended the wars of Louis XIV. Because of the political offense given by his Discours sur la polysynodie (1719; A Discourse of the Danger of Governing by One Minister), in which, among other…
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…he acted as secretary to Melchior de Polignac, the French plenipotentiary at the Congress of Utrecht, which ended the wars of Louis XIV. Because of the political offense given by his Discours sur la polysynodie (1719; A Discourse of the Danger of Governing by One Minister), in which, among other…
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Polignac family
…emerged into political prominence with Melchior (b. Oct. 11, 1661, Puy, Fr.—d. April 3, 1742, Paris), known first as the abbé, then as the cardinal de Polignac. Early experienced in diplomatic affairs between France and Rome, the Abbé was sent as King Louis XIV’s ambassador to Poland in 1693. There…
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…emerged into political prominence with Melchior (b. Oct. 11, 1661, Puy, Fr.—d. April 3, 1742, Paris), known first as the abbé, then as the cardinal de Polignac. Early experienced in diplomatic affairs between France and Rome, the Abbé was sent as King Louis XIV’s ambassador to Poland in 1693. There…
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