CAULAINCOURT, k6'15N'k7iTir', ARNIAND UGUSTIN LOUIS DE, Duke of Vicenza ( 1773 1827). A statesman of the first French Em pire. born at ('aulaincourt, in the Department of the A isne, December 9, 1772. Ile entered the army at the age of 15, rapidly attained promotion. and as colonel of a regiment of carbineers distin gmished himself in the campaign of ISM. Ile was made a general of division in IS05, and in ISO8 was created Duke of Vicenza. In ISO7 be was appointed ambassador to Saint Petersburg, where he soon gained the confidence of the Czar. Alexander I. In 1811, on the eve of the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and France, be resigned his post, as he disapproved of Napoleon's policy. Ile opposed the invasion of Russia. After the burning of Moscow, Napoleon selected him as his companion iu his flight to i813 plenipotentiary to the allied sovereigns during the campaign of Saxony, and as MMister of Foreign Attairs attended the congress at Chtitillon, February, 1811. After the
abdication of Napoleon, caulaincourt endeavored to make u'til7of his influence with AlexamIer to ob tain the most favorable conditions for the fallen Emperor, and ehietly through his intervention the island of Elba was given to Napoleon. During the Hundred Days Caulaineourt resumed office as .1\linister of Foreign Affairs, and was made a peer. I in the Second Restoration, he retired to private life. Ile died in Paris, February 19, 1827. Consult Eikraux, Nauvenirs du due de i icence (Paris, 1837-40). His brother, JEAN AMU., Comte de Caulaincou•t. born 1777, served with distinction in all the campaigns from 1792 to 1812, when he fell in battle.