Pierre-Louis Roederer

Pierre -Louis Roederer, (* February 15, 1754 in Metz, according to other data in Strasbourg, † December 17, 1835 in Bursard, Orne ), Count (since 21 December 1808), was a French statesman and journalist, consultant Napoleon Bonaparte, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Life

On October 28, 1777 Roederer married in Frankfurt am Main Louise Guaita, the daughter of Frankfurt banker Anton Maria Guaita, which earned a handsome dowry. Before the French Revolution was Roederer lawyer and adviser to the Parliament in Metz. After convocation of the Estates-General under Louis XVI. in October 1789 he became a member of the Constituent National Assembly as a deputy of the Third Estate. He belonged to the group of the Girondins. On August 10, 1792, he helped the royal family during the Tuileriensturms to escape into the building of the National Assembly. During the Revolution, he worked as a journalist. 1796 Professor of Political Economy at Paris belonged to Roederer 1800, the French delegation, which ended by the Treaty of Mortefontaine the Quasi-War with the United States. 1806 Roederer Finance Minister Joseph King of Naples was raised in the Kingdom of Naples and the title of count. From 24 September 1810 to November 1813, he was - as the successor of Michel Gaudin ( August 1808 to 31 December 1808) and Hugues -Bernard Maret (January 1, 1809 to September 23, 1810 ), however, their posts are only as secondary task had - Minister and State Secretary for the Grand Duchy of Berg, based in Paris. He was also a Senator in the National Assembly. Roederer was also Professor of Economics and publisher of a newspaper in Paris. Since 1803 he was a member of the Académie française. In 1816 he was expelled from her.

Dusseldorf remembered by his flattering description with the term Little Paris ( Petit Paris, 1811).

Works

• Oeuvres completes. 1853-59 (8 volumes)