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PIERRE ANTOINE NOËL BRUNO, COMTE (dä-rü'), a French statesman, born in Montpellier, Jan. 12, 1767. At the age of 16 he entered the army, and at the breaking out of the Revolution adopted its principles. He attracted the notice of the First Consul, and, in 1802, became a member of the Tribunate. In 1805 he was made a councillor of state, and general intendant of the imperial household. He subsequently became the confidential friend of the emperor, and his prime minister. In 1812 he opposed the expedition to Russia. On the abdication of Napoleon, he retired from public life, and, although exiled by the first government of the restored Bourbons, was recalled in 1819, and made a peer of France. He afterward wrote a "Life of Sully" and a "History of Venice." He died Sept. 5, 1829 tory of Venice." He died Sept. 5, 1829.