Charles d\' Hozier

Abraham Charles Auguste d' Hozier , born the December 11th 1775 in Paris, deceased the August 24th 1846 with Versailles, wire junior by Denis-Louis d' Hozier de Sérigny (1720 - 1788), Judge of weapons of France (5th), president in the Court of Auditors (France) of Normandy and Elisabeth Henriette de Besset. He is the grandson of Louis Pierre d' Hozier.

Count, member of the Family of Hozier, is one of the Chevaliers about Malta, Page of the king, prisoner during Terror, Chouan, colonel, conspirator, rider calvacadour of the count d' Artois, future Charles X of France, knight of the Ordre of Saint-Louis.

The colonel-count Charles d' Hozier is the brother of Ambroise Louis d' Hozier, 7th Juge of weapons of France , President in the Court of Auditors (France), assistances and finances of Normandy.

During the French revolution

Charles d' Hozier is Page of the king. He is of nothing favorable to the French revolution. Taken refuge with Chartres, he is imprisoned during Terror, like his brother. He is released only after the Thermidor 9.

The 29 fructidor year V (September 15th, 1797) in Chartres, it has a girl Genevieve Joséphine d' Hozier, girl of Marie Charlotte de Villereau. It already had a son Louis Eugene, count d' Hozier and a girl, Jeanne. Charles d' Hozier joined little time after the insurrectionists and fights in the royal troops of the west. He does not want to contribute to pacification and takes again the weapons as of 1799. He is under the orders of Joseph Picot of Limoëlan, known as Slap-with-Death, of which he is the right-hand man. It orders a royalist legion . In 1800, he is colonel of staff. He fixes himself at Rennes and rule the debts of the division of the knight of Prévalaye.

The Conspiracy of the explosive device 1800

It is downtown this that Charles d' Hozier adheres to the conspiracy Georges Cadoudal, Pichegru and Jean Victor Marie Moreau, aiming to the assassination of the First consul the December 24th 1800. Limoëlan, Lahaye-Saint-Hilaire, Charles d' Hozier, of Ground, Roger and some others, which are in Rennes in the month of nivôse year IX, are designated by the prefect of Morbihan, like being used as intermediaries between Cadoudal and the conspirators of Paris. Charles d' Hozier is the corresponding one of Cadoudal in Rennes. Charles d' Hozier lodges or provides residences to all the plotters and sometimes of work.

The goal of the conspirators is to change to return to a monarchy. As of this time, Charles d' Hozier works for the count d' Artois.

The December 24th 1800, an explosive device explodes in the passing of fits with body First Consul, street Saint-Niçaise, whereas Bonaparte goes to the opera. The attack made 22 died and a hundred casualties. Miraculeusement survivor, Napoleon benefits from it to strike the camp Jacobin. Joseph Fouché shows the royalist camp then and launches a mandate is launched against Charles d' Hozier. It must be stopped on January 18th, 1801 at the exit of a spectacle, but an actress, carrying the name of Richardi, which is with the current of this project of the police force, the fact of escaping by the slides from the theater.

New attack in 1803

Charles d' Hozier hides, but receives the order to return to Paris and to hold a horse-gear and an establishment of hirings of public cars. That scrambles a little the tracks. He goes to London and the emigrated generals give him the order to kill the emperor. D' Hozier very prepared: residences, powder, weapons. It is fixed at Paris and made there come several chouans, of which the old ones of the attack of the street Saint-Niçaise. It leads itself the famous convertible which introduces Georges Cadoudal of Saint-Leu to Paris. Charles d' Hozier is stopped in April 1804 and condemned to death, like his/her brother, but they are pardoned by Napoleon. The sister of Mr. de Rivière finds in the empress the intermediate Almighty; other interventions are requested and obtained for him and Misters Jules de Polignac, Rochelle of Bercy, Bouvet of Lozier. Charles d' Hozier, has his sorrow commuted to perpetual detention. Castle of Doors, it passes in 1805 to the Château of Yew.

The French Restoration

Charles d' Hozier leaves prison on April 14th, 1814. He is 39 years old. The count d' Artois, future king Charles X of France the fact its rider cavalcadour and colonel of cavalry.

The baron Jean Louis de Vassart d' Andernay, major, Marie on July 8th, 1820 with the Palate of Tileries, in the presence of its Royal Highness the count d' Artois, future Charles X of France, with the girl of Charles d' Hozier, young lady Genevieve Joséphine d' Hozier. Their three sons will be Polytechnicien (S). One of them is authorized by decree to add of Hozier to its name.

Under the Monarchy of July

After the Revolution of July, the count Charles d' Hozier withdraws himself in Versailles and does not exert any more command. We are far from time when the police officers of Fouché and all the newspapers started from him and of Cadoudal. However he testifies in favor of the one of his friends, Agathe de Rambaud, on August 16th, 1832: … to have known particularly Madam de Rambaud… Naundorff was well the true son of Louis XVI, the evidence abound… he were recognized per many former servants of their Majesties .

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