Caulaincourt, ARMAND DE, Duke of Vicenza, a statesman of the French empire, born at Caulaincourt (Aisne), in 1772, early distinguished himself as an officer, was made a general of division in 1805, and shortly after created Duke of Vicenza. Faithful to the last to Napoleon, he was made Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1813, and during the Hundred Days resumed the office, receiving a peerage of France, of which he was deprived after the restoration. He died in Paris, February 19, 1827. See his Souvenirs (1837-40).
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