Antoine-François, comte Andréossy (6 March 1761 – 10 September 1828)[1] was a Franco-Italian nobleman, who served as a French Army artillery general, diplomat and parliamentarian.

Born at Castelnaudary in Aude, scion of an ancient Italian minor noble family from Lucca, he was a great-grandson of the celebrated civil engineer and architect of the Canal du Midi, François Andréossy (1633-1688).

[2][3] An outstanding officer cadet at the Metz School of Artillery,[2] Andréossy was commissioned in the Régiment Royal-Artillerie in 1781, seeing action in the Dutch Civil War (1787);[citation needed] he was promoted as Captain in 1788.

When Napoleon became emperor he made Andréossy inspector-general of artillery,[2] a Chevalier de l'Empire (1803) and on 24 February 1809,[citation needed] Count of the First French Empire.

After France began its invasion of Russia in June 1812, Andréossy declared that he could not treat with the Ottoman government through an interpreter attached to the Russian interest.

After the defeat at Waterloo and the abdication of Napoleon, he was one of the five commissioners sent to negotiate with the Coalition powers, on which occasion he gave his consent to the recall of Louis XVIII.