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François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac
Abbé François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac (château de Marsan, Gers, 3 August 1757 – château de Cirey-sur-Blaise, Haute-Marne, 4 February 1832) was a French clergyman and politician.
Biography.
He was a member of a very old French nobility family from Gascony. His kinsman Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac would serve alongside him in the National Assembly.
Montesquiou-Fézensac
The Senate met on 1 April 1814 and, in accordance with the views expressed by Alexander I, decreed the formation of a provisional government headed by Talleyrand.
The members of the Provisional Government were:
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (President)
- Pierre Riel de Beurnonville
- François de Jaucourt
- Emmerich Joseph de Dalberg
- François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac
On 2 April the Senate declared that Napoleon and his family had been deposed.
Ministers.