Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin, duke de Gaëte: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Born January 19, 1756 • Saint-Denis • France
Died November 5, 1841 (aged 85) • Gennevilliers • France
Title / Office Chamber of Deputies (1815-1818), France
Founder Banque de France
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
French statesman
Caillaux
Joseph Caillaux
French statesman
default image
Joseph-Marie Terray
French minister
default image
Jacques Laffitte
French banker and politician
Raymond Barre
Raymond Barre
prime minister of France
default image
Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguillebert
French economist
Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker
French government official
default image
Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
default image
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
default image
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
default image
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
default image
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Portrait of Napoleon III in a dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, a red sash, and medals, set against a deep red background. Painted by Hippolyte Flandrin.
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Portrait of Georges Clemenceau wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat, looking to the left with a serious expression.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Eighteenth-century painted portrait of Maximilien de Robespierre wearing a brown striped coat, high collar, and white cravat, set against a plain background.
Maximilien Robespierre
French revolutionary
King Philip IV
Philip IV
king of France
Talleyrand
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French statesman and diplomat