Polignac

/ (French pɔliɲak) /

noun

Prince de, title of Auguste Jules Armand Marie de Polignac. 1780–1847, French statesman; prime minister (1829–30) to Charles X: his extreme royalist and ultramontane policies provoked the 1830 revolution and cost Charles X the throne

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Examples from the Web for polignac

What will we have gained by driving out Charles, Polignac, and the skull-cap bands?
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2|Eugne Sue
Polignac's infantry joined that evening, and covered a road leading through the hills from Cloutierville to Beaseley's.
Destruction and Reconstruction:|Richard Taylor
All the story of her release through the appeal to the Duchess of Polignac was declared to be untrue.
Mysteries of Police and Crime|Arthur Griffiths
The Prince of Polignac, full of faith in his army, would listen to no proposition on the 27th nor on the 28th.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2|Eugne Sue

Polignac's infantry, twelve hundred muskets, was posted on the Bœuf within supporting distance of the two last.
Destruction and Reconstruction:|Richard Taylor