Marshal MacMahon
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Count - The Duke of Magenta Patrice de MacMahon M.F., 5 L.H & G.M. , M.M |
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Official Portrait of Marshal de MacMahon, President of the Republic
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| President of France | |
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In office 24 May 1873 – 30 January 1879 |
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| Prime Minister |
Albert de Broglie Ernest Courtot de Cissey Louis Buffet Jules Armand Dufaure Jules Simon Albert de Broglie Gaëtan de Rochebouët Jules Armand Dufaure |
| Preceded by | Adolphe Thiers |
| Succeeded by | Jules Grévy |
| General Governor of Algeria | |
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In office 1 September 1864 – 27 July 1870 |
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| Monarch | Napoleon III |
| Preceded by | Édouard de Martimprey |
| Succeeded by | Louis Durrieu |
| Member of the French Senate | |
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In office 24 June 1864 – 4 September 1870 |
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| Monarch | Napoleon III |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 June 1808 Sully, France |
| Died | 17 October 1893 (aged 85) Montcresson, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Miscellaneous Right (Legitimist) |
| Spouse(s) | Élisabeth de La Croix de Castries (m. 1854–1893); his death |
| Children | Armand Patrice de Mac Mahon (1855-1927) (French: ) Eugene de Mac Mahon (1857-1907) Emmanuel de Mac Mahon (1859-1930) (French: ) Marie de Mac Mahon (1863-1954) Countess de Pinnes |
| Education | Special Military School of Saint-Cyr |
| Profession | Military officer |
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| Allegiance |
 / Bourbon Restoration Second French Republic Second French Empire
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| Service/branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1827–1873 |
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Captain Commandant Lieutenant Colonel General Marshal of France |
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 French Foreign LegionLt.Colonel 2nd Foreign Legion Regiment 2ème R.E.L.E (1843-1845) Commander I Army Corps Army of the Rhin (1870) Commander-in-Chief Army of Châlons (1870) |
| Battles/wars |
Conquest of Algeria (1827–1857)
Crimean War (1853–1856)
Franco-Austrian War (1859)
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
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Conquest of Algeria (1827–1857)
Crimean War (1853–1856)
Franco-Austrian War (1859)
Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
The President-Marshal Marie Edme Patrice Maurice, 6th Marquess of MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta (French pronunciation: [patʁis də makma.ɔ̃]; 13 June 1808 – 17 October 1893), was a French general and politician, with the distinction of Marshal of France. He served as Chief of State of France from 1873 to 1875 and as the second president of the Third Republic, from 1875 to 1879.
MacMahon won national renown and the French Presidency on the basis of his military actions in the war against the Germans. MacMahon was a devout conservative Catholic, a traditionalist who despised socialism and strongly distrusted the secular Republicans. He took seriously his duty as the neutral guardian of the Constitution and rejected suggestions of a monarchist coup d'état. He also refused to meet with Gambetta, the leader of the Republicans. He moved for a parliamentary system in which the assembly selected the ruling government of the Third Republic, but he also insisted on an upper chamber. He later dissolved the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in public outrage and a Republican electoral victory. Soon after MacMahon resigned and retired to private life.
The Mac Mahon Family is of Irish origin. They left for France with James II of England during the Glorious Revolution (French: ) in 1689, and claim to be descendants of the ancient Kings of Ireland.
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