Ferdinand de Bertier de Sauvigny

Ferdinand de Bertier de Sauvigny (1782-1864) was a French aristocrat and politician.

Ferdinand de Bertier de Sauvigny
Born13 May 1782
Paris, France
Died5 September 1864 (1864-09-06) (aged 82)
Versailles, France
OccupationPolitician
Spouse(s)Thaïs Le Fèvre d'Ormesson
Parent(s)Louis Bénigne François Bertier de Sauvigny
RelativesJoseph Foullon de Doué (maternal grandfather)
Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson (father-in-law)

Early life

Ferdinand de Bertier de Sauvigny was born on 13 May 1782 in Paris, France.[1][2] His father, Louis Bénigne François Bertier de Sauvigny, was murdered during the French Revolution of 1789.[2]

Career

De Bertier de Sauvigny served in the Armée des Émigrés in 1891.[2] By 1823, he served under Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême in the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis.[2]

De Bertier de Sauvigny served as the Prefect of Calvados from 1815 to 1816, and as the Prefect of Isère from 1816 to 1817.[1]

De Bertier de Sauvigny served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1815 to 1816, and from 1824 to 1827.[2] He also served as a member of the Conseil d'État from 1822 to 1824, and from 1828 to 1830.[1]

De Bertier de Sauvigny was the founder of the Chevaliers de la Foi, a Roman Catholic ultra-royalist secret society, in 1810.[3] One of his goals was to bring the House of Bourbon back in power, and he succeeded when Louis XVIII of France became King of France in 1815.[3] Moreover, he wanted the Pope, not the head of state, to be the ultimate religious authority in France.[3]

Personal life and death

De Bertier de Sauvigny married Thaïs Le Fèvre d'Ormesson, the daughter of Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson. He died on 5 September 1864 in Versailles, France.[1][2]

References
  1. "Ferdinand de Bertier (1782-1864)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  2. "Ferdinand, Anne, Louis Bertier de Sauvigny". National Assembly. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  3. Guillermou, Alain (1992). Les Jésuites. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. pp. 90–118. ISBN 9782130443346. Retrieved July 30, 2016 – via Cairn.info.


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