Louis Decazes

Louis Decazes, Duc de Glucksberg (1819-1886) was a French monarchist politician of the nineteenth century who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in several monarchist governments of the Third Republic in the 1870s. In this role, he was responsible for conducting French foreign policy during the "War in Sight" crisis of 1875, when he managed to secure the support of all the other powers in protecting France from a potential German pre-emptive strike, and during the early staged of the great eastern crisis of 1875-1878.