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 | | GRAMONT, AGÉNOR, PRINCE DE BIDACHE, DUC DE GUICHE ET DE [Gramont, Agénor, prince de Bidache, duc de Guiche et de], 1819-80, French diplomat. |
 | | As foreign minister in 1870, he instructed the French ambassador to Prussia, Vincent Benedetti, to hold the ill-fated interview with King (later Emperor) William I that led to the publication of the Ems dispatch, the flimsy pretext on which France declared war against Prussia (see Franco-Prussian War). |
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