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{{Short description|French diplomat and historian}}

'''Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint Priest''' ([[1805]] - [[September 29]], [[1851]]), was the son of Armand de Saint Priest and Princess Sophie Galitzin.

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{{Infobox person

| name =

[[fr:Alexis| image = Guignard de Saint-Priest]], Alexis.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1805|4|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|1851|9|29|1805|4|27|df=y}}

| death_place = [[Moscow]], Russian Empire

| father = [[Armand Charles Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest|Armand Charles Emmanuel Guignard]]

| mother = Princess Sophie Galitzine

| relatives = [[François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest|François-Emmanuel Guignard]] (grandfather)

| occupation = Diplomat and historian

| title = [[Peer of France]]

}}

'''Alexis Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest''' (27 April 1805 in [[Saint Petersburg]]{{snd}}29 September 1851 in [[Moscow]]) was a French diplomat, historian, and [[Peer of France]]. He was the eleventh member elected to occupy seat 4 of the [[Académie française]] in 1849.

Guignard was the son of an ''[[émigré]]'' French nobleman [[Armand Charles Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest]] (1782–1863) and his Russian wife, Princess Sophie [[House of Golitsyn|Galitzine]]. His grandfather, [[François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest]], was one of the last ministers of [[Louis XVI]].

Educated in [[Russia]], he returned to [[France]] with his father in [[1822]], and soon made his mark in literary circles. His most important works were ''Histoire de la royauté considéré dans ses origines jusqu'à la formation des principales monarchies de l'Europe'' (2 vols, 1842); ''Histoire de la chute des Jésuites'' (1844); ''Histoire de la conquête de Naples'' (4 vols, 1847-1848).

HeEducated wasin electedRussia, towhere his father was the Governor of [[AcadémiePodolia]] Française|Academyand [[Odessa]], inGuignard Januaryreturned 1849to France with his father in 1822. MeanwhileDuring hethe had[[July Monarchy]], he departed from the legitimist[[Legitimist]] tradition of his lamilyfamily, particularly that of his uncle [[Emmanuel Louis Marie de Guignard, vicomte de Saint Priest]], to become a warm friend to theKing Orleans[[Louis-Philippe monarchyof France]], whichwhom he served between 1833 and 1838 as an ambassador in [[Brazil]], at [[Lisbon]]Portugal and at [[CopenhagenDenmark]].<ref Hename="EB1911">{{Cite diedEB1911|wstitle=Saint Priest, whileFrançois onEmmanuel aGuignard visit to|display=Saint [[Moscow]]Priest, onFrançois theEmmanuel 29thGuignard ofs.v. SeptemberAlexis 1851.Guignard|volume=24 | page=42}}</ref>

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[[fr:Alexis Guignard de Saint-Priest]]

Guignard died while on a visit to Moscow, on 29 September 1851.

==Works==

* ''Les ruines françaises - poésies'' (1823)

* ''Athenaïs, ou le souvenir d'une femme - comédie'' (1826)

* ''Le présent et le passé - épître'' (1828)

* ''L'Espagne, fragments de voyage'' (1830)

* ''Histoire de la royauté considérée dans ses origines jusqu'à la formation des principales monarchies de l'Europe'' (2 vol., 1842)

* ''Histoire de la chute des Jésuites au XVIIIe siècle'' (1844)

* ''Histoire de la conquête de Naples par Charles d'Anjou'' 4 vol. (1847)

* ''Études diplomatiques et littéraires'' (2 vol., 1850)

==Bibliography==

* {{cite web | author= | title=Le comte Alexis de Saint-Priest | url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k86922v/f900.image.r=Albert%20de%20broglie | work=[[Revue des deux mondes]] | language=French | year=1852 | accessdate=2018-11-02}} This obituary by Albert de Broglie is available through Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France

* {{cite web | author= | title=Alexis Guignard de Saint-Priest (1805-1851) | url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/alexis-de-guignard-comte-de-saint-priest?fauteuil=4&election=18-01-1849 | publisher=Académie française | language=French | year=2009 | accessdate=2016-02-18}}

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