Charles-Frédéric Reinhard

Charles-Frédéric Reinhard
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 July 1799  22 November 1799
Preceded byCharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Succeeded byCharles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Personal details
Born
Karl Friedrich Reinhard

(1761-10-02)2 October 1761
Schorndorf, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died25 December 1837(1837-12-25) (aged 76)
Paris, Kingdom of France
SpouseChristine Reimarus
Occupation

Charles-Frédéric, comte Reinhard (born Karl Friedrich Reinhard; 2 October 1761 – 25 December 1837) was a Württembergian-born French diplomat, essayist, and politician who briefly served as the Consulate's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1799. A Girondist during the early stages of the French Revolution, he was dispatched to several countries before and after his ministerial mandate. In 18061807, he was appointed Consul and Resident to Moldavia, and subsequently arrested by the Russian Empire for one year. Reinhard was promoted under the Bourbon Restoration governments, which he represented to the German Confederation, and continued his political career under the July Monarchy.