Antoine de Laforêt
Antoine, comte de Laforêt | |
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| Born | 8 August 1756 Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Died | 2 August 1846 (aged 89) Villefrancœur Loir-et-Cher, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Diplomat, politician |
| Known for | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforêt (8 August 1756 – 2 August 1846 ) was a senior French diplomat. He was Consul General of France to the United States before the French Revolution. During the First French Empire he was Ambassador in Madrid. He was briefly Minister of Foreign Affairs during the transitional government after the fall of Napoleon in 1814, and in 1815, after second abdication of Napoleon, a plenipotentiary to the Seventh Coalition powers.