Napoléon Joseph Ney

Napoléon Joseph Ney, 2nd Prince de la Moskowa, (1803–1857) was a French politician.

Portrait of général prince de La Moskowa (1857) by Gustave Le Gray

Ney was the elder son of Michel Ney. Born in Paris in 1803, his godfather was Emperor Napoléon I. He married in 1828 the daughter of the banker Pierre Laffite. In November 1831 he was created a peer of France in a batch of thirty-six lifetime peers.

Sources

Souvenirs et récits par le Prince de la Moskowa (in French)
Arrêt Prince Napoléon (in French)
Blog of the Ney family (in French)

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