Complex sentence: He was raised in the dignity of Peer of France on July 21,1846, he became war minister in the Jean-de-Dieu Soult on May 9,1847, instead of Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon.
Split into simpler sentences: He was raised in the dignity of Peer of France on July 21,1846. He became war minister under Jean-de-Dieu Soult on May 9,1847, instead of Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint-Yon.