Napoléon Joseph Ney, 2nd Prince de la Moskowa, (1803–1857) was a French politician.
Ney was the elder son of Michel Ney. Born in Paris in 1803, his godfather was Emperor Napoléon I. He married in 1828 the daughter of the banker Pierre Laffite. In November 1831 he was created a peer of France in a batch of thirty-six lifetime peers.
Sources
- Souvenirs et récits par le Prince de la Moskowa (in French)
- Arrêt Prince Napoléon (in French)
- Blog of the Ney family (in French)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.