Bourrienne, Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de, 1769-1834

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, French government official and diplomat for Napoleon, was born in 1769, at Sens, France. Bourrienne served as a diplomat in Germany for the Revolutionary Government during the 1790s. He was Napoleon's private secretary to Egypt in 1797 and his minister to Hamburg between 1804 and 1813. His tenure in Germany ended in disgrace when he was recalled to Paris for illegal activities including embezzlement and black marketeering. Bourrienne supported the monarchy after Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.

From the description of Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne letter, 1806 July 16. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 48102255

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