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Diplomatic Relations of France

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Austria

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Ambassador of the Kingdom of France to the Austrian Empire
Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie, comte de Flahaut

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1785; d. September 1 1870

1841 – 1848


Belgium

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium
André Charles Corbin

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1881; d. September 25 1970

1931 – 1933


China

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Great Qing State
Stephen Jean-Marie Pichon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1857; d. September 18 1933.

1897 – 1900


Germany

Ambassador of the Kingdom of France to the Kingdom of Prussia
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1768; d. July 4 1848.

1821 – 1822

Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie, comte de Flahaut

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1785; d. September 1 1870

1831

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the German Reich
André François-Poncet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1887; d. January 8 1978.

1931 – 1938

Robert Coulondre

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1885; d. March 6 1959.

1938 – 1939

High Commissioner of the French Republic to the Federal Republic of Germany
André François-Poncet

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1887; d. January 8 1978.

1949 – 1955


Holy See

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of France to the Papal States
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1768; d. July 4 1848.

1828 – 1829


Italy

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Kingdom of Italy
René Henry Besnard

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1879; d. March 12 1952.

1924 – 1928


Russia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Robert Coulondre

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1885; d. March 6 1959.

1936 – 1938


Spain

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Kingdom of Spain
André Charles Corbin

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1881; d. September 25 1970

1929 – 1931


Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Spanish Republic
André Charles Corbin

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1881; d. September 25 1970

1931


Sweden

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of France to the Kingdom of Sweden
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1719; d. February 13 1787.

1771 – 1774

François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1768; d. July 4 1848.

1814 – 1815


Turkey

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of France to the Ottoman Empire
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1719; d. February 13 1787.

1755 – 1768

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Republic of Turkey
René Massigli

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1888; d. February 3 1988

1938 – 1940


United Kingdom

Ambassador of the Kingdom of France to the Court of St. James’s
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1768; d. July 4 1848.

1822

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, duc de Talleyrand

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1754; d. May 17 1838

1830 – 1834

Ambassador of the French Empire to the Court of St. James’s
Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut de La Billarderie, comte de Flahaut

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1785; d. September 1 1870

1860 – 1862

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Court of St. James’s
André Charles Corbin

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1881; d. September 25 1970

1933 – 1940

René Massigli

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1888; d. February 3 1988

1944 – 1955

Jean-Pierre Jouyet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1954.

2017 – 2019


United States

Minister Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of France to the United States of America
Anne-César de La Luzerne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1741; d. September 14 1791.

1779 – 1783

François, marquis de Barbé-Marbois

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1745; d. February 12 1837.

1784 – 1785

Ambassador of the French Republic to the United States of America
Edmond-Charles Genêt

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1763; d. July 14 1834.

1793 – 1794