Alexandre Colonna-Walewski | |
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 Colonna-Walewski in 1860 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 7 May 1855 – 4 January 1860 | |
| Monarch | Napoleon III |
| Preceded by | Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys |
| Succeeded by | Jules Baroche |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aleksander Florian Józef Colonna-Walewski 4 May 1810 Walewice, Poland |
| Died | 27 September 1868 (aged 58) Strasbourg, France |
| Nationality | Polish, French |
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Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (French pronunciation: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ kɔlɔna valɛvski]; Polish: Aleksander Florian Józef Colonna-Walewski; 4 May 1810 – 27 September 1868), was a Polish and French politician and diplomat, the unacknowledged son of French emperor Napoleon I.
He is best known for his position as foreign minister of France under his cousin Napoleon III and for his diplomatic efforts presiding over the Congress of Paris, which created peace in the Crimean War and laid the base for modern international law of the sea with the Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law.