French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

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French statesman diplomat foreign minister human

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, was an influential 18th-century French statesman and diplomat who served as Louis XVI’s foreign minister and played a key role in securing French support for the American Revolution.

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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes 0
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (as later major foreign minister; earlier predecessors varied) 1
Comte de Vergennes 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French statesman ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
foreign minister ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Versailles ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1719-12-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1787-02-13 ⓘ
diplomaticPost French ambassador to Sweden ⓘ
French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
educatedAt Jesuit college in Dijon ⓘ
employer French Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
French crown ⓘ
endTime tenure as Foreign Minister of France ended in 1787 ⓘ
influenced Securing French support for the American Revolution ⓘ
surface form: French intervention in the American War of Independence
knownFor directing French foreign policy under Louis XVI ⓘ
opposition to British power in Europe ⓘ
securing French support for the American Revolution ⓘ
language French ⓘ
memberOf French nobility ⓘ
monarch Louis XVI of France ⓘ
nobleTitle French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: comte de Vergennes
notableWork French support for the American Revolution ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
surface form: Peace of Paris (1783)

Treaty of Alliance (1778) ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
participantIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
diplomatic negotiations of the Peace of Paris (1783) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dijon ⓘ
Duchy of Burgundy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-British foreign policy ⓘ
pro-American during the American Revolution ⓘ
positionHeld Foreign Minister of France ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
sibling Jean Gravier, marquis de Vergennes ⓘ
spouse Anne Duvivier ⓘ
startTime tenure as Foreign Minister of France began in 1774 ⓘ
supported American colonists against Great Britain ⓘ
workedWith Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Conrad Alexandre Gérard ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ

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Silas Deane → associatedWith → French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comte de Vergennes
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778) → negotiatedWith → French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ⓘ
French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes → nobleTitle → French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
this entity surface form: comte de Vergennes
Duke of Choiseul for France → predecessorAsForeignMinister → French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ⓘ
subject surface form: Duke of Choiseul
this entity surface form: Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (as later major foreign minister; earlier predecessors varied)