Talleyrand: A Biographical Study

by Joseph McCabe

INDEX

• Abbés Commendataires, [9], [21].
• Aberdeen, Lord, [354].
• Aboukir, The Battle of, 169.
• Acton, Lord, on Talleyrand, [268], [337], [338].
• Adams, President, [158].
• Addington, [192].
• Adélaide, Mme., [352], [356].
• Agent-General of the Clergy, [39].
• Alexander I, 228, 248, 261-4, [286], [307], [316].
• America, Talleyrand’s Impression of, [136].
• American Envoys, Talleyrand and the, [158]-60.
• American War of Independence, [48].
• Amiens, Treaty of, [193].
• Amsterdam, Talleyrand at, [143].
• Ancien Régime, The, [24]-34.
• Anna, The Archduchess, [264]-316.
• Arnault, [64].
• Arnold, General, [134].
• Artois, M. d’, [70], [75], [290].
• Assembly of Notables, The, [52].
• Auch, The Archbishop of, [21].
• Austerlitz, [233].
• Austria, The First Napoleonic War with, [185].
• Autun, Talleyrand promoted to See of, [47], [57].
• Azara, M., [357].
  
• Bacourt, M. de, [72].
• Barras, [149], [152], [159].
• Barry, Mme. du, [18].
• Barthélemy, [154].
• Bastide, Charges of, [161].
• Bastille, Taking of the, [74].
• Bautzen, The Battle of, [275].
• Beaumetz, M. de, [135], [138].
• Belgium, Independence of, [355], [363].
• Bellechasse, Convent of, [29].
• Benevento, The Princedom of, [242].
• Bernier, The Abbé, [203].
• Bernadotte, [175].
• Berry, The Duc de, [295], [316], [325].
• Beugnot, [291], [322], [330].
• Biron, The Duc de (see Lauzun).
• Blacas, [298].
• Boisgelin, The Abbé de, [40].
• Blücher, [325], [330].
• Boissy d’Anglas [139].
• Bollmann, [132].
• Bonaparte, Joseph, [187], [193], [206].
• Bonaparte, Lucien, [173], [176].
• Bonaparte, Napoleon (see Napoleon)
• Bookman on Talleyrand’s Birth, [2], [140].
• Bordeaux, Talleyrand’s Journey to,
• Boulogne, The Camp of, [231].
• Brionne, The Cardinal de, [8], [33].
• Brionne, The Countess de, [47], [319].
• Brougham on Talleyrand, [212], [213].
• Bruix, [172].
• Brumaire, The coup d’état of, [173]-6.
• Brussels, Congress of, [358].
  
• Cagliostro, [28], [33].
• Calonne, [51].
• Calumnies of Talleyrand, [13], [44].
• Cambacérès, [179], [195].
• Cambrai, [324].
• Campo Formio, Treaty of, [156], [162], [165].
• Cardinalate, Talleyrand misses the, [47].
• Carlsbad, Talleyrand at, [318].
• Carnot, [150].
• Casenove, [135].
• Castellane, 147.
• Castlereagh, [297], [300], [304], [333].
• Ceylon, [193].
• Chalais, The Princesse de, [3].
• Chamfort, [24], [31], [32].
• Champ de Mars, The mass in the, [91]-94.
• Champagny, [254], [258].
• Charles IV, [253].
• Charles X, [348], [350].
• Charlotte, [196], [212].
• Chartres, The Duc de, [33].
• Châtre, The Countess de la, [131].
• Chateaubriand, [145], [214], [320], [322].
• Chateaux Vieux, [343].
• Chauvelin, The Marquis de, [117].
• Chénier, [139].
• Chivalry, Orders of, [27].
• Choderlos de Laclos, [64].
• Choiseul, [48].
• Choiseul-gouffier, [5], [29].
• Church, Talleyrand’s attitude to the, [38], [82], [90].
• Civil constitution of the Clergy, The, [96].
• Clergy, The French, before the Revolution, [8], [12], [22].
• Clergy, The French, during the Revolution, [65]-78.
• Clichy Club, The, [153].
• Cobentzl, Count, [186].
• Collège d’Harcourt, [3].
• Colmache, [351], [352].
• Colonisation, Talleyrand on, [146].
• Compiègne, Talleyrand at, [291]-2.
• Concordat, Drafting of the, [202]-7.
• Condorcet, [106].
• Consalvi, Cardinal, at Paris, [204].
• Constant, B., [155], [178], [287].
• Constantinople, Napoleon’s designs on, [169].
• Constituent Assembly, The, 86-109.
• Constitutional Club, The, [145].
• Constitution Committee, Talleyrand’s defence of the, [89].
• Constitution, Completion of the, [109].
• Continental system of Napoleon, The, [236].
• Copenhagen, Battle of, [192].
• Council of Ancients, The, [140], [173].
• Council of the Five Hundred, The, [140], [173].
• Courland, The Duchess of, [277], [279], [332], [341].
• Court, Cost of the, [9].
• Cousin, V., [367].
• Cuvier, [348].
  
• Dalberg, Bishop, [240], [247], [283], [300].
• D’Antigny, Marquis of, [1], [140].
• Danton, [123], [125], [127].
• Daunou, [139].
• Décadi, The, [20].
• Declaration of St. Ouen, The, [293].
• Delille, The Abbé, [31].
• Democratic Principles of Talleyrand, [60].
• Department of Paris, Talleyrand on the, [110], [121].
• Desmoulins, C., [72].
• Dillon, Archbishop, [8], [43], [96].
• Dino, The Duchess of, [280], [300], [309], [332], [341].
• Dino, The Duchy of, [332].
• Directorate, Paris during the, [143].
• Divorce of Josephine, The, [270].
• Dumouriez, [117], [142], [216].
• Dupanloup, Mgr., [2], [365], [368].
• Dupont de Nemours, [50], [52].
• Duroveray, [117].
• Dutch and Belgians, The, [335]-63.
  
• East Indies, Talleyrand’s Ship to the, [138].
• Éclaircissements, Talleyrand’s, [156], [170].
• Education in the Eighteenth Century, [5]-6.
• Education, Talleyrand’s great Speech on, 106-9.
• Egypt, Napoleon’s Expedition to, [161], [168]-9.
• Election-Manifesto of Talleyrand, [60].
• Enghien, Murder of the Duc d’, [215], [259].
• England, Opening of the War with, [227].
• Erfurt, The Conference at, [259]-64.
• Eylau, The Battle of, [247].
  
• Femmes de Talleyrand, Les, [36].
• Ferdinand, [253].
• Fesch, Cardinal, [221], [270].
• Feuillants, Club of the, [87].
• Finance, Talleyrand’s acquaintance with, [50].
• First Consul, Napoleon becomes, [179].
• Fitzgerald, Lord E., [142].
• Flahaut, Count, [357].
• Flahaut, The Countess de, [34], [98], [142].
• Flight of the King, [104].
• Foreign Ministry, Talleyrand’s Introduction to, [150].
• Fox, [113].
• Fouché, [173], [188], [266], [271], [326], [329].
• Francis, Sir Philip, [147].
• Franklin at Passy, [48].
• Friedland, The Battle of, [247].
• Fructidor, the coup d’état of, [153]-5, [195]-8.
  
• Gagern, Baron von, [196], [213], [241], [246].
• Galiffet, The Hotel, [164], [210].
• Gallicanism, [200].
• Gambling before the Revolution, [26].
• Gambling, Talleyrand’s Confession of, [95].
• Gazette, Talleyrand’s Letter to the, [129].
• General Assembly of the Clergy, The, [19], [40]-42.
• Genlis, Mme. de, [7], [11], [29], [131].
• Gentz, [306], [307].
• George III, [113], [182].
• Georges, [216].
• Ghent, Louis XVIII at, [321].
• Gobel, Bishop, [97].
• Goderich, Lord, [360].
• Goethe, [264], [265].
• Godoy, [182], [252].
• Gohier, [171], [173].
• Gramont, The Duchesse de, [33].
• Grand, Mme., 147-9, [209], [212].
• Grand Chamberlain, Talleyrand as, [221].
• Grand Elector, [179].
• Gratuitous Gifts of the Clergy, [20], [40].
• Gregory XVI, [369].
• Grenville, [114], [118], [183].
• Grimaldi, Mgr. de, [56].
• Guizot, [350].
• Gustavus IV, [230].
  
• Hamburg, Talleyrand at, [141]-2.
• Hamilton, Colonel Alex., [135].
• Hanover, [236].
• Hardenberg, Prince, [304], [308].
• Haugewitz, [234].
• Hauterive, M. d’, [205].
• Helvetian Republic, Formation of the, [156], [197].
• Heydecooper, [136].
• Hohenlinden, [188].
• Holland, Lord, [361].
• Hortense, [211].
• Humboldt, Baron von, 304, 306, [308].
  
• Institut, Talleyrand’s Speeches at the, [146].
• Issy, [56].
• Italian Republic, Formation of the, [190].
  
• Jacobins, Napoleon on the, [182].
• Jaco”bin Origin of the, [87].
• Jena, The Battle of, [243].
• Jersey, Lady, [363].
• Jews, Enfranchisement of the, [88].
• Josephine, 166, [211].
  
• La Besnardière, [240], [300].
• Labrador, [303].
• Lacoste, The Marquis, [75].
• Lafayette, [48], [106], [121].
• Lamartine, [102].
• Lansdowne, Lord, [115], [130], [137].
• Laporte, [128].
• Latour du Pin, M., [300].
• Lauderdale, Lord, [239].
• Lauzun, [26], [30], [111].
• La Vendée, The war in, [169], [184].
• Laval, The Duchess de, [265], [267].
• Lebrun, [128], [179].
• Legendre, [139].
• Legion of Honour, Founding of the, [194].
• Legislative Body, The, [178].
• Leipzig, The Battle of, [275].
• Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, Prince, [359].
• Lessart, M. de, [111].
• Library, Sale of Talleyrand’s, [130], [273].
• Lieven, The Princess, [354].
• London, Conference of, [358].
• Lon”don Talleyrand at, [113], [133], [354]-64.
• Londonderry, Lord, attacks Talleyrand, [360].
• Louis XVI, Crowning of, [17].
• Louis” XVI,Execution of, [130].
• Louis XVIII, [289], [317], [319], [322], [333], [348].
• Louis Philippe, [352], [353], [358]-9, [364], [369].
• Louis, Baron, [298].
• Louisiana, [199].
• Luchesini, [224].
• Lunéville, The Treaty of, [187].
• Lutzen, The Battle of, [275].
• Lytton on Talleyrand, [255], [272], [317], [333].
  
• Malmesbury, Lord, [156].
• Malta, [185], [224].
• Marbœuf, Mgr., [46].
• Marengo, [186].
• Maret, [156], [274], [277].
• Marie Antoinette, [26], [47], [53], [81].
• Marriage of Talleyrand, [209].
• Marseillais, The, [122].
• Martignac, [349].
• Maubreuil, Marquis de, [346].
• Maurepas, [36], [48].
• Maury, [84].
• Melzi, [190].
• Memoirs, The, of Talleyrand, [335]-8.
• Meneval, [267].
• Merlin de Douai, [154].
• Metternich, [303], [306], [310].
• Michaud, [285], [286].
• Mich”aud,Charges of, [161].
• Michelet, [75].
• Mignet, [350].
• Miller, Sir J. R., [88], [103].
• Miot de Melito, Charges of, [155], [161], [168].
• Mirabeau, [31], [51], [64], [86], [102].
• Mirondot, Bishop, [97].
• Monaco, The Hotel de, [265], [273].
• Monasteries, The Suppression of, [90].
• Monastic Orders before the Revolution, [22].
• Moniteur, The, [89].
• Moni”teur Talleyrand’s Letter to the, [95].
• Mons, Talleyrand at, [322].
• Montesson, Mme. de, [33].
• Montrond, [320], [362].
• Morality during the Revolution, [112].
• Mor”lity dur”ing theDirectorate, [143].
• Morellet, The Abbé, [24].
• Morgan, Lady, [340].
• Morning Post on Talleyrand, [354].
• Morris, Governor, [34], [98].
• Moscow, Napoleon’s Return from, [274].
• Moulin, [171], [173].
• Murat, 244, [314].
  
• Napoleon, Attempt on the Life of, [188].
• Napo”leon,buys Talleyrand’s Hotel, [273].
• Napo”leon,Crowning of, [222].
• Napo”leon,Diplomatic Methods of, [187], [226].
• Napo”leon,First Marriage of, [221].
• Napo”leon,in Egypt, [168].
• Napo”leon,King of Italy, [231].
• Napo”leon,leaves Elba, [317].
• Napo”leon,Second Marriage of, [271].
• Napo”leon,Talleyrand’s first acquaintance with, [165].
• Napo”leon,Talleyrand’s respect for, [178], [189].
• Napo”leon,Violence of, [267].
• Narbonne, Count Louis de, [29], [131].
• National Assembly, The, [69].
• Nationalisation of Church Property, [82].
• Necker, Talleyrand’s Attack on, [51].
• Nemurs, The Duc de, [357], [358].
• Nesselrode, Count, [285], [304], [306].
• Netherland Trouble, The, [355]-6, [360]-3.
• Noailles, The Count de, [300], [313].
• Noailles, The Vicomte de, [74], [86].
• Nobles after the Restoration, [295].
• Nob”lesThe pre-Revolutionary, [26], [53].
• Noel, [125].
• Nonconformists, [103].
• Non-swearing Priests, Talleyrand protects, [110].
  
• Ollivier, M., [302].
• “Orange-War,” The, [191].
• Ordination of Talleyrand, [39].
• Orléans, The Duc d’, 64, [131].
  
• Palais Royal, The, [33], [63].
• Palmerston, [355], [357].
• Panchaud, [32].
• Pasquier, Charges of, [155], [161], [188], [331].
• Paul I, Death of, [192].
• Pauline, [342], [365], [369].
• Peel, Sir Robert, [365].
• Périer, Casimir, [332], [359], [361].
• Périgord, Cardinal Hélie de, [12].
• Perrey, [217], [218].
• Pétion, [121].
• Philadelphia, Talleyrand at, [135].
• Pichegru, General, [153].
• Pitt, [113].
• Pi”tt,Talleyrand meets, [49].
• Piedmont, Annexation of, [224].
• Pius VII, [10], [200], [221].
• Poland, Talleyrand’s Work in, [245].
• Polignac, Prince de, [349].
• Poniatowski, Princess, [247].
• Portugal, Affairs of, [191].
• Pozzo di Borgo, [43], [328].
• Pradt, Archbishop de, [288].
• Press, Talleyrand defends Liberty of the, [345].
• Provincial Assemblies, [54].
• Prussia, Alliance of, with Russia, [22].
• Pru”sia,declares War on France, [243].
• Pultusk, The Battle of, [224].
  
• Quelen, Mgr., [366].
  
• Rastadt, Congress of, [156].
• Reinhard, [117], [142].
• Rémusat, Mme., [149], [212].
• Renan, [108].
• Renaudes, The Abbé des, [45], [58].
• Reveillère, [149].
• Revolution, Causes of the, [49], [53], [109].
• Revolution, Paris during the, [111].
• Revolution of 1830, The, [351].
• Rewbell, [149], [152].
• Rheims, The Archbishop of, [7], [11].
• Rhine Confederation, The, [237], [240].
• Richelieu, The Duc de, [328], [333].
• Rights of Man, Declaration of, [76], [78].
• Robespierre, [109].
• Roche-Aymon, Archbishop de la, [11], [20].
• Rochecotte, [343].
• Rochefoucauld, The Cardinal de la, [65], [67].
• Rochefoucauld, The Duc de la, [121], [140].
• Roederer, [277].
• Roger-Ducos, [171], [173].
• Rohan, The Cardinal de, [8], [28].
• Roman Republic, Formation of the, [156].
• Rose, Mr. Holland, on Talleyrand, [191], [201], [203], [215].
• Rousseau, [235].
• Roux, [161], [162].
• Royal Lottery, Proposal to buy up the, [42].
• Royer-Collard, 342, [365].
  
• St. Denis, Talleyrand’s abbaye of, [18], [23].
• St. Domingo, [199].
• St. Florentin, The Hotel, [273].
• St. Julien, Count, [186].
• Saint Sulpice, [10].
• Sainte-Beuve on Talleyrand, [13], [45], [60], [102], [161].
• Sand, George, on Talleyrand, [364].
• Savary, [217], [273], [276], [284], [285].
• Saxony, The partition of, [310], [312].
• Schwartzenberg, Prince, [286].
• Sebastiani, [225], [357], [360].
• Secularization of Talleyrand, [207].
• Sèmonville, [214].
• Senate, The, [178].
• Senfft on Talleyrand, [163], [241], [250].
• September massacres, The, [125].
• Sieyès, [65], [69], [73], [158], [160], [171], [172], [179].
• Simon, Jules, [108].
• Sloane, Professor, [18], [161].
• Smith, Sidney, [132].
• Société du Manège, The, [170], [175].
• Sorbonne, Talleyrand at the, [14], [24]-5.
• Souza, The Marquis de, [142].
• Spain, Napoleon’s Expedition to, [252]-6.
• Spanish Princes, The, at Valençay, [256], [278].
• Spina, Mgr., [202].
• Staël, Mme. de, [62], [111], [131], [146].
• Stapfer, [192], [196].
• States-general, The, [65], [79].
• Strassburg, Napoleon’s fit at, [231].
• Stuart, Sir Ch., [300].
  
• Talleyrand, Archbishop, [10], [39], [54], [283].
• Talleyrand-Périgord, C. M. de:—
• Talle”yrandAncestry of, [1].
• Talle”yrandas Agent-General, [39], [46].
• Talle”yrandBirth of, [2], [140].
• Talle”yrandBishopric of, [54].
• Talle”yrandConsecration of, [56].
• Talle”yrandConstitutional Ideal of, [60], [72].
• Talle”yrandDeath of, [370].
• Talle”yrandEducation of, [5]-14.
• Talle”yrandEnergy of, [4], [230].
• Talle”yrandExpelled from England, [133].
• Talle”yrandFeeling of towards Napoleon, [178], [189].
• Talle”yrandin America, [135]-40.
• Talle”yrandMarriage of, [209].
• Talle”yrandMorality of, [36], [371].
• Talle”yrandOrdination of, [39].
• Talle”yrandParents of, [2], [140].
• Talle”yrandPerson of, [28], [340], [371].
• Talle”yrandPresident of the National Assembly, [89].
• Talle”yrandReconciliation of, [366].
• Talle”yrandReligious Views of, [201], [366].
• Talle”yrandResignation under Napoleon, [250].
• Talle”yrandSecularised, [207].
• Talle”yrandSuspension of, [99].
• Talle”yrandVenality of, [157]-63, [195]-8, [315].
• Talle”yrandWit of, [35], [213], [294], [328], [344], [348].
• Talleyrand-Périgord, Lt. de, [3], [6], [55].
• Talleyrand, The Princess, [212], [341].
• Tallien, Mme., [149].
• Target, [68].
• Tennis Court, Oath in the, [70].
• Theophilanthropists, The, [151], [202].
• Thiers, [350].
• Thirty Club, The, [62].
• Tilsit, The Conference at, [247].
• Tithe, Surrender of, [77].
• Toleration, Talleyrand’s Spirit of, [103].
• Tour et Taxis, The Princess de la, [261].
• Toussaint l’Ouverture, [199].
• Trafalgar, [233].
• Tribunate, The, [178].
• Trinidad, [191], [193].
• Tuileries, Attack on the, [122].
• Tuil”eriesNapoleon at the, [180].
• Turgot, [48], [50].
• Tuscany, Talleyrand seeks to go to, [130].
• Tysykiewitz, Countess, 247, 266, [363].
  
• Ulm, Battle of, [232].
• Universal Suffrage under Napoleon, [178].
  
• Valençay, [256], [278], [342], [364].
• Val”nçay The Spanish Princes at, [256], [278].
• Varennes, Flight to, [104].
• Vars, The Baron de, [36].
• Venality of Talleyrand, [157]-63.
• Vercelli, The Bishop of, [201].
• Versailles, Court life at, [226].
• Veto, The right of, [79].
• Vice-grand Electorship, The, [250].
• Vienna, Congress of, [303].
• Vienne, The Archbishop of, [67], [69].
• Vitrolles, Baron, [283].
• Voltaire’s last visit to Paris, [35].
  
• Walewski, The Countess, [245].
• Warsaw, Talleyrand at, [245].
• Waterloo, [322].
• Wealth of the French Clergy, [21], [42], [83].
• Weimar, Napoleon at, [264].
• Wellington, [297], [314], [324], [327], [331], [360].
• Whitworth, Lord, [225].
• Wieland, [264].
  
• Yarmouth, Lord, [237], [239].

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