Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol, 12th Duke of Uzès (18 January 1840 – 28 November 1878), known as the Duke of Crussol from 1843 to 1872, was a French soldier and politician.
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Early life
He was born in Paris on 18 January 1840 as the son of Géraud de Crussol, 11th Duke of Uzès (1808–1872), and Françoise de Talhouët-Roy (1818–1863). His elder sister, Laure, married Joseph Philippe Léopold Vogt, Viscount of Hunolstein. His younger siblings were Frédéric Jacques, who died accidentally while attending the École navale; Élisabeth Olive Emmanuelle, who married the Marquis Louis Marie Hector de Galard de Béarn; and Mathilde, who died unmarried.
His paternal grandparents were Adrien-François-Emmanuel de Crussol, styled Duke of Crussol (as eldest son and heir apparent of Marie-François-Emmanuel de Crussol, 10th Duke of Uzès), and Catherine Victoire Victurnienne de Rochechouart-Mortemart (a daughter of Victurnien de Rochechouart, 10th Duke of Mortemart). His maternal grandparents were Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët, Marquis de Talhouët, and Alexandrine Roy (daughter and heiress of Count Antoine Roy).
Career
Crussol entered the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1857, graduating in 1859. He was appointed second lieutenant in the 3rd Hussar Regiment, but did not receive his lieutenant's stripes until 1864. Shortly after his marriage in 1867, however, Crussol left the French Army.