Priest

Priest

Priest, Alexis Graf von St. P., Sohn des Grafen Armand von St. P., eines französischen Emigranten u. Gouverneurs von Kherson unter Kaiser Alexander, geb. 1805 in Petersburg, kehrte mit seinem Vater nach der Restauration zurück u. widmete sich der Literatur. Befreundet mit dem Herzog Ferdinand von Orleans, schloß er sich der 1830 auf den Thron gehobenen Dynastie Orleans an u. wurde nach einander Gesandter in Rio Janeiro, Lissabon u. 1840 in Kopenhagen. Nachdem er 1841 seine diplomatische Stellung aufgegeben hatte, wurde er Pair u. lebte in Paris. Die Regierungen der Republik ließen ihn unangefochten u. 1850 wurde er Mitglied der Akademie. Er st., auf einer Reise begriffen, am 29. Sept. 1851 in Petersburg. Außer Liedern u. Lustspielen für engere Kreise schr. er: De la royauté, 2 Bde.; L'histoire de la conquête de Naples par Charles d'Anjou, 4 Bde.; Hist. de la chute des Jésuites, 1844; Etudes diplom. et lit., Par. 1850, 2 Bde., etc.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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