House of Talleyrand-Périgord
Talleyrand -Perigord is a family of the French nobility, a branch line of those of Périgord, which in the 13th century with the possession Grignols (Dordogne ) seceded. With the erheirateten Chalais (Charente) is another possession that led to the seventh generation to the title of "Prince de Chalais " returned.
The decisive step towards national importance succeeded in 1777 when Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand -Périgord was appointed Archbishop of Reims. His nephew, Charles -Maurice Talleyrand -Perigord, the foreign minister of Napoleon, whose relationship became more frequent, the title of duke in the 19th Century: 1806 Duke of Benevento, 1816 Duke of Périgord, 1817 Talleyrand -Perigord and Duke of ( Neapolitan ) Duke of Dino 1846 ( Prussian ) Duke of Sagan.