Antoine Alfred Agenor de Biography and Timeline

Birth of Antoine Alfred Agenor

Birth of Antoine Alfred Agenor, 10th Duc de Gramont

Succession

Announces "the interests & the honour of France are in peril"

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Succession

Asks William for "assurance that he never authorize a renewal of the candidacy"

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Resignation of Antoine Alfred Agenor de

After the defeat of Weissenburg Gramont resigns his office

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Alliance France with Austria

Supports an alliance of France with Austria

Role range: 1852-1870 – 1870-1871

Foreign Secretary of France

Appointed Foreign Minister

Role range: 1852-1870 – 1870-1871

Diplomatic Negotiations

responsible for the bungling of the negotiations between France and Prussia arising out of the candidature of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for the throne of Spain, which led to the disastrous war of 1870-71

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Ems Telegram

Sends Benedetti at Ems the fatal telegram demanding the King of Prussia's guarantee that the candidature would not be revived

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Candidacy

Benedetti had been instructed by his superior, Foreign Minister Agenor, the Duc de Gramont, to present the French demand that the king should guarantee that he would never again permit the candidacy of a Hohenzollern prince to the Spanish throne.

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Candidacy

King Wilhelm I of Prussia, on his morning stroll in the Kurpark in Ems, was stopped by Count Vincent Benedetti, the French ambassador to Prussia since 1864.

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Candidacy

Politely, and in a friendly manner, the king refused to bind himself to any course of action into the indefinite future. After their exchange, "the two departed coolly."

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Candidacy

The meeting was informal and took place on the promenade of the Kursaal with the king's entourage at a discreet distance.

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Succession

Wilhelm admits Prussia was behind Leopolds acceptance of the Spanish throne. Refuses to allow foreign powers to install a prince on the throne of Charles V

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Succession

Telegrams Berlin demanding details of the Prussian "Hohenzollern intrigue"

Role range: 1870-1871 – 1870-1871

Birth of Antoine Alfred Agenor de Gramont, 10th

Death of Antoine Alfred Agenor, 10th Duc de Gramont