Victor Destutt de Tracy

Alexandre César Victor Charles Destutt de Tracy was a French soldier and politician, son of the philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy. He fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was taken prisoner in Russia in 1812. Destutt de Tracy was an opposition deputy during the subsequent Bourbon and Orleans monarchies. In the French Second Republic he was minister of Navy and Colonies from December 1848 to October 1849. He was strongly opposed to the seizure of power by Napoleon III, and left politics in 1852.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

September 9th, 1781

Age

244

Birth Place

France, Île-de-France

Date of Death

March 13rd, 1864

Died Aged