Frédéric-Christophe d'Houdetot

Frédéric-Christophe, Comte d'Houdetot (16 May 1778 – 20 January 1859) was a French politician, member of the Chamber of Peers, and artist.

He was the son of General César Louis d'Houdetot [fr], and his first wife, Louise Perrinet de Faugnes, who died in 1781 at the age of twenty-three.

After his service, he found himself attracted to art; frequenting the workshops of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David.

There, he managed to protect the citizens against the demands of the Prussians, who occupied the department and threatened to send him to Germany.

He continued to work as an artist and, in 1841, was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, where he became the second person to occupy Seat #9 in the "Unattached" section.