Polignac, Prince de, French statesman, born at Versailles, of an old noble family, prime minister of Charles X., to whose fall he contributed by his arbitrary measures; in attempting flight at the Revolution was captured and sentenced to death, which was converted into banishment; he was allowed to return at length (1780‒1847).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Polignac, Duc de * Politian, Angelo