Comte de Palikao
(1796-1878)

Général Charles Guillaume Cousin-Montauban, comte de Palikao, commanded the French forces in China (1860). His title was bestowed after his victory at Pa-li-ch’iao near Peking.  

At the start of the Franco-Prussian War he replaced Ollivier as premier (August 1870) under the regency of the Empress Eugénie. The capture of Napoléon III as Sedan was followed by a bloodless revolution in Paris, and Palikao fled to Belgium.

He died at Versailles on 8 January 1878.