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Charles Louis Huguet, marquis de Sémonville
Charles Louis Huguet, marquis de Sémonville (9 March 175911 August 1839) was a French diplomat and politician. He was made a count of the First French Empire in 1808, and "marquis" in 1819.
Biography.
Born in Paris on as the son of one of the royal secretaries, he became Minister and Envoy Extraordinary of France to the Republic of Genoa in 1790-1791, he was instructed by Charles François Dumouriez to go to Turin and attempt to break
, who greatly admired Ossian's works.
He was the eldest surviving son born to one of the Bonaparte siblings (Joseph, Napoleon, Lucien, Elisa, Louis, Pauline, Caroline and Jérôme, most of which would later receive ruling positions in their brother's client states). Six weeks after his birth, on 29 May 1798, Dermide was baptised "with imperial ceremony" at a Capuchin church in Milan. Charles Louis Huguet, marquis de Sémonville stood as witness and Napoleon served as godfather. The baptism was