Joseph de Villèle

The Count of Villèle
Prime Minister of France
In office
14 December 1821  4 January 1828
MonarchsLouis XVIII
Charles X
Preceded byArmand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
Succeeded byJean Baptiste de Martignac
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Haute-Garonne
In office
5 October 1816  5 July 1830
Preceded byLouis Emmanuel Dupuy
Succeeded byBlaise Vezian de Saint-André
ConstituencyToulouse
Mayor of Toulouse
In office
1815–1818
Preceded byRaymond Lanneluc
Succeeded byGuillaume de Bellegarde
Personal details
Born(1773-04-14)14 April 1773
Toulouse, Languedoc, France
Died13 March 1854(1854-03-13) (aged 80)
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, French Empire
Political partyUltra-royalist
Spouse
Mélanie Panon Desbassayns
(m. 1799; died 1854)
Children5
ProfessionLand owner

Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle (14 April 1773  13 March 1854), better known simply as Joseph de Villèle (/vɪˈlɛl/; French: [vilɛl]), was a French statesman who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1821 to 1828. He was a leader of the Ultra-royalist faction during the Bourbon Restoration.