Name: Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut
Date of Birth: 1785 – 1870
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie, Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie, born on 21 April 1785, was a French statesman and general. He was the lover of Hortense de Beauharnais, Napoleon Bonaparte's step-daughter and Queen of Holland, and they relationship brought forth an illegitimate son, named Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Demorny, who eventually became known as the Duc de Morny.
Born in Paris, he was an offspring of Alexandre Sébastien de Flahaut de La Billarderie, Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie, who was beheaded in February 1793 at Arras, and Adélaïde Filleul, his wife, who became Mme. de Souza-Botelho afterwards. Charles de Flahaut was commonly thought to be the issue of a liaison his mother had with Talleyrand, a man with whom he had close connected his entire life. In 1792, his mother brought him into exile with her, and until 1798, was continued to live abroad.
In 1800, he enlisted as a volunteer in the army, and was granted his commission when the Battle of Marengo ended. He was also Murat’s aide-de-camp, and sustained injuries in 1805 during the Battle of Landbach. He met the Countess Potocka, Anne Poniatowski, at Warsaw, and they quickly became intimate. He was awarded the Legion of Honour after the Battle of Friedland, and in 1807, went back to Paris. In 1808, he also rendered his services to Spain, and then in Germany.
Date of Birth: 1785 – 1870
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie, Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie, born on 21 April 1785, was a French statesman and general. He was the lover of Hortense de Beauharnais, Napoleon Bonaparte's step-daughter and Queen of Holland, and they relationship brought forth an illegitimate son, named Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Demorny, who eventually became known as the Duc de Morny.
Born in Paris, he was an offspring of Alexandre Sébastien de Flahaut de La Billarderie, Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie, who was beheaded in February 1793 at Arras, and Adélaïde Filleul, his wife, who became Mme. de Souza-Botelho afterwards. Charles de Flahaut was commonly thought to be the issue of a liaison his mother had with Talleyrand, a man with whom he had close connected his entire life. In 1792, his mother brought him into exile with her, and until 1798, was continued to live abroad.
In 1800, he enlisted as a volunteer in the army, and was granted his commission when the Battle of Marengo ended. He was also Murat’s aide-de-camp, and sustained injuries in 1805 during the Battle of Landbach. He met the Countess Potocka, Anne Poniatowski, at Warsaw, and they quickly became intimate. He was awarded the Legion of Honour after the Battle of Friedland, and in 1807, went back to Paris. In 1808, he also rendered his services to Spain, and then in Germany.
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