Charles-Edgar de Mornay, was a French diplomat and the first French ambassador to Morocco, a politician and collector of French painting.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the Chamber of Peers, ambassador of France to Sweden, Ambassadeur de France
Citizenship
France
Born
February 4, 1803
Died
December 5, 1878
Overview
Charles-Edgar de Mornay (February 4, 1803 in Paris - December 5, 1878 in Fresneaux-Montchevreuil), was a French diplomat and the first French ambassador to Morocco, a politician and collector of French painting.
He was a Gentleman of the Bedchamber of Charles X of France.
Mission to North Africa
In mid-October 1831 Louis Philippe I sent de Mornay on a mission to Abd al-Rahman of Morocco.
His task was to negotiate a peace treaty and a border delimitation with the Alawite emperor. Following the
French conquest of Algeria the mission needed to establish neighbourly relations between the two countries.
