Ποιος χρονολόγησε Σαρλ-Μωρίς ντε Ταλλεϋράν-Περιγκόρ;

Ο Σαρλ-Μωρίς ντε Ταλλεϋράν, πρίγκηπας του Περιγκόρ (Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord,1754 -1838) και επί αυτοκρατορίας Βοναπάρτη πρίγκιπας του Μπενεβέντο, γνωστός στα ελληνικά ως Ταλλεϋράνδος, ήταν Γάλλος επίσκοπος, πολιτικός και διπλωμάτης, που κυριάρχησε στη γαλλική και ευρωπαϊκή πολιτική ζωή για μισό αιώνα.

Εργάστηκε στα υψηλότερα επίπεδα διαδοχικών γαλλικών κυβερνήσεων, ως υπουργός εξωτερικών ή με κάποια άλλη διπλωματική ιδιότητα. Η καριέρα του ξεκίνησε κατά τη βασιλεία του Λουδοβίκου ΙΣΤ΄ και εξελίχθηκε στα χρόνια της Γαλλικής Επανάστασης, στην εποχή του Ναπολέοντα, επί Λουδοβίκου ΙΗ΄ και επί Λουδοβίκου Φίλιππου. Το όνομά του έχει γίνει συνώνυμο της πονηρής, κυνικής αλλά και αποτελεσματικής διπλωματίας.

Countess Anna Charlotte Dorothea von Medem (3 February 1761 – 20 August 1821) was born a Gräfin (Countess) of the noble Baltic German Medem family and later became Duchess of Courland. Popularly known as Dorothea of Courland after her marriage to Peter von Biron, the last Duke of Courland, she hosted an aristocratic salon in Berlin and performed various diplomatic duties on behalf of her estranged husband. She would spend the rest of her life in her estate in Löbichgau, where she would invite and host many important political and cultural figures of the time. She made many acquaintances, ranging from Goethe to Napoleon I of France to Talleyrand, the latter of whom she was reportedly very close to.

Η Αν-Λουίζ-Ζερμαίν Νεκέρ, βαρόνη ντε Σταλ-Ολστάιν (γαλλικά: Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, baronne de Staël-Holstein), περισσότερο γνωστή ως Μαντάμ ντε Σταλ (γαλλικά: Madame de Staël, [/stal/]), ήταν Γαλλίδα μυθιστοριογράφος, επιστολογράφος και φιλόσοφος με καταγωγή από τη Γενεύη, γεννημένη στις 22 Απριλίου 1766 στο Παρίσι και αποβιώσασα στην ίδια τοποθεσία στις 14 Ιουλίου 1817.

Maria Teresa Antoinette Josephine Poniatowska (28 November 1760, Vienna, then under the Habsburg monarchy, now Austria – 2 November 1834, Tours, France) was a Polish noblewoman. She was the niece of king Stanisław August Poniatowski and sister of Prince Józef Poniatowski.

Adélaïde-Émilie (sometimes Émilie-Adélaïde) Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho (14 May 1761 – 19 April 1836) was a French writer.

Dorothea von Biron, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Dino, Duchess of Talleyrand and Duchess of Sagan, known as Dorothée de Courlande or Dorothée de Dino (21 August 1793 – 19 September 1862), was a Baltic German noblewoman, and the ruling Duchess of Sagan between 1845 and 1862. Her mother was Dorothea von Medem, Duchess of Courland, and although her mother's husband, Duke Peter von Biron, acknowledged her as his own, her true father may have been the Polish statesman Count Aleksander Batowski. For a long time, she accompanied the French statesman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord; she was the separated wife of his nephew, Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord.

Dorothée Dorinville, stage name Mademoiselle Luzy (1747–1830), was a French stage actress.

She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1764. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1764. She retired in 1781.

She was most known as a soubrette, but also performed tragedy, and acted as a singer and dancer. She was described as a serious and ambitious stage artist, and was a part of the movement that wished to introduce realistic stage costumes. She was imprisoned in 1771 after having broken the censure laws in a play by Imbert.