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'''Talleyrand''' (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand‐Périgord, 1754 – 1838) was a French statesman and diplomat famous for serving under multiple masters as France underwent revolution and reaction. .  

Charles Maurice de '''Talleyrand''' (Périgord, 1754 – 1838) was a French statesman and diplomat famous for serving under multiple masters as France underwent revolution and reaction.

He was born to a rich aristocratic family. A childhood accident left him lame so instead of the military his family sent him into the Catholic priesthood and purchased for him the bishopric of Autun, which paid very well.<ref> His uncle, the archbishop of Rheims, made the arrangements.</ref> He represented the clergy at the États Généraux and helped to draft the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in 1789, He took the lead in 1789 in the nationalization of Church lands, a major event in the [[French Revolution]].  He became very rich as adminsitrator of the seized lands.  The pope saw him as a principal villain of the religious schism into which France then plunged, and he was excommunicated in 1792.<ref> On his deathbed he became reconciled with the Catholic Church.</ref> When his enemies came to power he temporarily moved to New York, returning to France in 1796.  

He was born to a rich aristocratic family. A childhood accident left him lame so instead of the military his family sent him into the Catholic priesthood and purchased for him the bishopric of Autun, which paid very well.<ref> His uncle, the archbishop of Rheims, made the arrangements.</ref> He represented the clergy at the États Généraux and helped to draft the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in 1789, He took the lead in 1789 in the nationalization of Church lands, a major event in the [[French Revolution]].  He became very rich as adminsitrator of the seized lands.  The pope saw him as a principal villain of the religious schism into which France then plunged, and he was excommunicated in 1792.<ref> On his deathbed he became reconciled with the Catholic Church.</ref> When his enemies came to power he temporarily moved to New York, returning to France in 1796.