Alphonse de Rayneval

He was born in Paris, the son of Francis, comte de Rayneval, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Restoration.

His sister was Clemence de Rayneval, a model for Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

[1] He was undersecretary to the French Ambassador to Rome and ministre plénipotentiaire in Naples (1848-1849).

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 31 October 1849 to 17 November 1849, in the Government of Alphonse Henri, comte d'Hautpoul.

He died in Paris and is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.