“ NARBONNE-LARA, LOUIS MARIE JACQUES AMALRIC, Comte de (1755–1813) , French soldier and diplomatist, was born at Colorno, in the duchy of Parma, on the 24th of August 1755. He was the son of one of the ladies-in-waiting of Elizabeth, duchess of Parma, and his father was either a Spanish nobleman or—as has been alleged—Louis XV. himself. He was brought up at Versailles with the princesses of France, and was made colonel at the age of twenty-five. He became maréchal-de-camp in 1791, and, through the influence of Madame de Stael, was appointed minister of war. ”