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Some regard him as one of the most versatile, skilled and influential diplomats in European history, and some believe that he was a traitor, betraying in turn, the Ancien Régime, the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Restoration.
Talleyrand had a reputation as a person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure, as well, he was believed to be a womanizer. This is because aristocratic women were a key component of Talleyrand's political tactics, both for their influence and their ability to cross borders unhindered. He left no legitimate children.
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Which member of the quintuple alliance remained free from revolutions between 1820 and 1848?
talleyrand of france.
What ended the XYZ affair?
The XYZ Affair was an incident of US Foreign Relations involving US envoys to France and un-named French dimplomats who used the code names of X, Y, and Z. Under the instruction of the French diplomat Talleyrand (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord), X Y and Z were to demand bribes and payments from the US envoys in exchange for cessation of French hostility to US merchant ships as a result of the US entrance into the Jay Treaty with Great Britain. The "Quasi War" ensued from 1798-1800, during which the French seized over two-thousand American Ships. X: Conrad Hottinguer Y: a Swiss banker; Pierre Bellamy Z: Lucien Hauteval
What affair outraged many Americans?
The XYZ Affair
Did Dorothy Height have an affair?
Dorthy Height actually did have an affair.
When did Dreyfus affair happen?
Dreyfus affair happened in 1894.
