comte Maurice Fleury

Born on June 25, 1856, Maurice Fleury was a French historian and publicist who also worked as a society columnist for Le Gaulois, writing under the pen names Boisfleury and Valfleury. He came from a prominent family: his father was General Émile Félix Fleury, a well-known figure of the Second Empire.

Fleury wrote widely on French court life, aristocratic society, and the politics of the nineteenth century. Bibliographic records for his work show a long list of publications, including studies of Louis XV, the Second Empire, and memoir-based historical books. He is especially remembered for Memoirs of the Empress Eugénie, a work built from private papers, recollections, and court documents tied to the imperial world he knew so well.

He died on September 29, 1921. A dedicated individual portrait was not clearly confirmed in the sources I found, so the image here uses a verified portrait connected to his immediate family and historical milieu.