The New International Encyclopædia/Laborde, Alexandre Louis Joseph, Count de

LABORDE, lȧ′bôrd′, Alexandre Louis Joseph, Count de (1774-1842). A French scholar and politician, born in Paris. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he joined the Austrian army, and until 1797 fought against the Republic. He returned to France after the Peace of Campo Formio, and went to Spain in 1800 as military attaché to Lucien Bonaparte. His Voyage pittoresque et historique en Espagne (1807-18) and Itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne (1807-27) show his close study of the country and its people. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1822, where he consistently supported the liberal side. During the Revolution of 1830 his vigorous protests against the ordinances of Charles X. won for him the regard of Louis Philippe, who subsequently made him his aide, and sub-prefect of the Seine. His other works include: Les monuments de la France classés chronologiquement (1816-26); Voyage pittoresque en Autriche (1821-23); and Description