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5 unusual facts about Mathieu Molé


Charles-François Lebœuf

Portrait of Mathieu Molé, chancellor of France (1584 - 1656) (1840), larger-than-life size standing statue, plaster, Versailles, Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

Louis-Mathieu Molé

Mole initially did not support Jewish emancipation, though he seems to have moderated his position over the course of his involvement with the Sanhedrin and particularly Abraham Furtado.

Mathieu Molé

Hitherto Molé's relations with Cardinal Richelieu had been fairly good, but his inclination to the doctrines of Port Royal increased the differences between them.

The Mémoires of Molé were edited for the Société de l'histoire de France (4 vols., 1855) by Aimé Champollion-Figeac, and his life was written by Baron AGP de Barante in Le Parlement et la Fronde (1859).

In the popular tumult known as the day of the barricades (26 August 1648) he sought out Mazarin and the queen to demand the release of Pierre Broussel and his colleagues, whose seizure had been the original cause of the outbreak.


Siege of Constantine

The Siege of Constantine in 1837 was decided by Louis Philippe I and the head of his government, Count Molé in the summer of 1837 at a time when, with the consolidation of the July Monarchy and recovery economic prosperity, the king is considering a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies.


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