page_title: François Certain de Canrobert
section_title: End of his military career and political career
hierarchical_section_title: François Certain de Canrobert / End of his military career and political career
caption_attribution_description: English: Marechal Certain de Canrobert by Nélie Jacquemart in 1870 Français&#160;: Marechal Certain de Canrobert par Nélie Jacquemart en 1870
context_page_description: François Marcellin Certain de Canrobert was a French Marshal. He demonstrated ability during the Second French Empire while participating in the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Magenta, the Battle of Solferino and the Battle of Gravelotte. A staunch supporter of Napoleon III, he became, under the French Third Republic, one of the leading figures in the Bonapartist party and chairman, from 1876 to 1894, of the Senate within the French parliamentary group "Call upon the people".
context_section_description: He was accordingly designated as President of the advancing commission of the infantry then member of the Conseil supérieur de la guerre in 1872, member of the defense committee in 1873. He led a political career in "Call upon the people" group (French: Appel au people), while being elected as Senator of Lot in 1876, the Senator of Charente in 1879, a function which he held until 1894. His colleague Victor Hugo, would not be tender for him: « J'ai vu Canrobert au Sénat. Caboche de reître. Méchant, mais bête (Victor Hugo :"I saw Canrobert in the Senate. Full of Cavaliering. Mean but silly.
  Close to President-Marshal Duke de Mac Mahon, he voted, in June 1877, for the dissolution of the Chamber and supported the Government of Albert de Broglie (French: ministère Broglie-Fourtou). In 1873, he represented the French Government at the funeral of King Victor Emmanuel II. A marking figure of the Bonapartist Party, his participation to the political debates were mainly axed on military issues. He voted in general on the conservative side, most notably against law projects on education, against judicial reforms, against the expulsion of princes or against divorce, abstaining on the reestablishment of the voting arrondissement or the restricted law project of the freedom of the press.
  Doyen of the Marshals of France of his époque, he attended the funeral of President-Marshal Duke de Mac-Mahon and was saluted by Russian Admiral Avellane on behalf of the Russian Emperor (French: Empereur de Russie). This was his last public official appearance. He died in his Parisian home, on January 28, 1895. His funeral was celebrated on Sunday February 3, 1895 at the Church of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides where he was buried. Amiral Henri Rieunier, Ministère de la Marine, was designated to hold one of the five cordons of the funeral chariot.
  He was the owner of the Eglantine Castle, which houses since 1991 the Musée de la toile de Jouy.
caption: Formal Portrait of Marshal de Canrobert by Nélie Jacquemart (1870).
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