Alexandre-Joseph de Boisgelin

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Deputy and Peer de France
Alexandre Joseph Gabriel
Alexandre Joseph Gabriel de Boisgelin.jpg
The Marquis during early life wearing the badge of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis on his left breast.
Member of the Chamber of Peers for Seine
In office
22 August 1815 – 4 October 1816
Member of the Chamber of Peers for Ille-et-Vilaine
In office
20 September 1817 – 29 July 1830
Personal details
Born(1770-04-14)14 April 1770
Pléhédel, Kingdom of France
Died21 June 1831(1831-06-21) (aged 61)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Political partyUltra Royalists
AwardsCommander of the Royal Order of the Légion d'Honneur (18 May 1820)[1]
Peer de France (18 May 1820)
Chevalier of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (1784)
Chevalier of the Order of Malta (1784)[2]
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of France
Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg Kingdom of France
Branch/serviceKingdom of France Armée Royale
Flag of New France 3 wht.jpg Armée des Émigrés
Royal flag of France during the Bourbon Restoration.svg Armée Royale
Years of service1789–1815
1818–1830?
RankMaréchal de Camp
Unit
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars

Alexandre Joseph Gabriel, (14 April 1770 – 21 June 1821) was a French nobleman who served as personal bodyguard to the last Queen of France before emigrating. He later served with the French Émigrés till 1814 when he returned to France. Following the Second Restoration, he became a politician and served two separate departments before retiring after the July Revolution and passing one year later.

Early life[]

Son of Charles Eugène, Comte de Boisgelin, Vicomte de Pléhédel and younger brother of Bruno Gabriel de Boisgel, Alexandre de Boisgelin was a French officer who served in the Royal French Army. He was born in Pléhédel, part of the province of Brittany.[3][4][2]

In 1789, just prior to the French Revolution, Alexandre was a Captain and personal bodyguard of the Queen, Marie Antoinette. In 1792, following the Storming of the Tuileries, he emigrated east to fight with the Army of the Princes, and then served in the British Army.[5]

Restoration[]

Following the First Bourbon Restoration in 1814, he was invited back to France where he was appointed Commander of the 10th Legion, Paris National Guard. After the return of Napoleon from Elba in early 1815, he emigrated once again, refusing to serve under Napoleon. He flees with King Louis XVIII and his court to Ghent in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.[4]

On 22 August 1815, he was elected as a member of the Chamber of Peers representing the Seine department, encompassing Paris and some of its suburbs. He loses his seat in the 1816 elections, but is re-elected to the Chamber of Peers on 20 September 1817, representing the Ille-et-Vilaine department. From this point on he becomes a dedicated Ultra-royalist, sitting with the far right of the party.[3][4][2]

On 20 April 1818, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant within the Garde du Corps du Roi (King's Life Guards), and was raised to the rank of Maréchal de Camp (equivalent to that of Brigadier general in the Anglophone world) later that day.[4][2]

Following the death of his eldest brother Bruno, Alexandre succeeds to the titles which had been held by the former and was admitted to succeed him in the Chamber of Peers. On 19 May 1827 under the Royal Ordnance of 1 August 1817, his peerage was transferred to the collateral line. However, following the July Revolution of 1830 he retired from political life.[4][2]

Just one year later, on 21 June 1831, he died at the age of 61 with his titles passing to his one son, Édouard Raymond Marie, 3ème Marquis de Boisgelin.[2]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ "Ministère de la culture - Base Léonore". www2.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Family tree of Alexandre Joseph Gabriel DE BOISGELIN". Geneanet. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ a b "Alexandre, Joseph, Gabriel de Boisgelin - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. ^ a b c d e Robert & Cougny
  5. ^ "Family tree of Alexandre-Joseph de BOISGELIN". Geneanet. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

References[]

  • Robert, Adolphe; Cougny, Gaston (1891). Alexandre-joseph de Boisgelin. Dictionary of French Parliamentarians. Paris, Third French Republic: Edgar Bourloton.
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