Jules de Polignac

Jules Auguste Armand Marie de Polignac, Count of Polignac French pronunciation: ​; 14 May 1780 – 2 March 1847, then Prince of Polignac, as alive as briefly 3rd Duke of Polignac in 1847, was a French statesman and ultra-royalist politician after the Revolution. He served as prime minister under Charles X, just before the July Revolution in 1830 that overthrew the senior bracket of the House of Bourbon. it is admitted he is the one responsible for the colonisation of Algeria by France as he led the July 1830 expedition to conquer Algeria.

Early life

Born in Versailles, Jules was the younger son of Jules, 1st Duke of Polignac, and Gabrielle de Polastron, a confidante and favourite of Queen Marie-Antoinette. Due to his mother's privileged position, the young Jules was raised in the environment of the court of Versailles, where his kind occupied a luxurious suite of thirteen rooms. His sister, Aglaé, was married to the duc de Guîche at a young age, helping to cement the Polignac family's position as one of the leaders of high society at Versailles.

With the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, Jules's mother and her circle were forced to flee abroad due to threats against their lives. She had been one of the almost consistent supporters of absolutism, and she bequeathed these political sympathies to her son coming after or as a total of. her death in 1793.