Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt

Roman Catholic archbishop

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1759

Place of Birth: canton of Allanche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1837

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat, historian, Catholic priest

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Abbé Dominique G.
F.
de Rion de Prolhiac Dufour or de Fourt de Pradt (23 April 1759 in Allanches (Auvergne, France – 18 March 1837 in Paris) was a French clergyman and ambassador. In 1804 he became a secretary of Napoleon, in 1805 Bishop of Poitiers.
On 12 May 1808 he was appointed as archbishop of Mechelen (resigned in 1815).
In 1812 he was awarded the position of the French ambassador in Warsaw, preparing the Concordat of 1813.
After the Napoleonic wars he published a series of books which portrayed Russia as a "despotic" and "Asiatic" power hungry to conquer Europe.