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Alexandre Colonna-Walewski

1810 - 1868

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Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ kɔlɔna valɛvski]; Polish: Aleksander Florian Józef Colonna-Walewski; 4 May 1810 – 27 September 1868), was a Polish and French politician and diplomat, the unacknowledged son of French emperor Napoleon I. He is best known for his position as foreign minister of France under his cousin Napoleon III and for his diplomatic efforts presiding over the Congress of Paris, which created peace in the Crimean War and laid the base for modern international law of the sea with the Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Colonna-Walewski has received more than 500,913 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Colonna-Walewski is the 2,084th most popular politician (up from 2,569th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Poland (up from 150th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Politician.

Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a Polish nobleman and politician. He was the son of Countess Maria Walewska and Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ranks 2,084 out of 19,576Before him are Theodosius III, Adolf of Germany, Aslan Maskhadov, Herennius Etruscus, Afonso II of Portugal, and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Géza II of Hungary, Alexander, Jehoram of Israel, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Evo Morales, and Ahmad Shah Qajar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ranks 10Before him are Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Theodor Schwann, Alfred de Musset, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, and Éliphas Lévi. After him are Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Ernst Kummer, Nikolay Pirogov, Otto Nicolai, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, and Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg. Among people deceased in 1868, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ranks 8Before him are Léon Foucault, James Buchanan, August Ferdinand Möbius, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Mongkut, and August Schleicher. After him are Okita Sōji, William T. G. Morton, Mihailo Obrenović, David Brewster, Adalbert Stifter, and Franz Berwald.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ranks 125 out of 1,694Before him are Władysław Sikorski (1881), Saint Casimir (1458), Karl Hanke (1903), Kurt Daluege (1897), Albert Sabin (1906), and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767). After him are Olga Tokarczuk (1962), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Alfred Döblin (1878), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), and Hanna Schygulla (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ranks 31Before him are Mieszko I of Poland (940), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), Karl Hanke (1903), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767). After him are Władysław I the Elbow-high (1260), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Władysław Gomułka (1905), Zvi Zamir (1925), Albrecht von Roon (1803), and Bronisław Komorowski (1952).