Political
[MORNY
(Count Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, 1811-1865, Duc de Morny, French Statesman)]
Fine Unsigned Carte-de-visite photo by Franck
showing him full length, standing next to a chair, holding his top hat and cane, 4 x 2½, no place, no date
Background
Morny was born in Switzerland, and was the extra-marital son of Hortense de Beauharnais (the wife of Louis Bonaparte and queen of Holland) and Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahaut, making him half-brother of Emperor Napoleon III and grandson of Talleyrand.
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