Editing Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo (section)

===Serving the Russian Empire===
In 1804 through the influence of [[Adam Jerzy Czartoryski|Prince Adam Czartoryski]] he entered the Russian diplomatic service, and was sent on his first diplomatic mission in September 1805 to Vienna and Napoli, where he helped maintain the Austrian-Russian alliance after the defeat at Austerlitz. He was subsequently sent as envoy to the Anglo-Neapolitan forces, and in 1806 to the [[Prussia]]n army. He was entrusted with an important mission to [[Constantinople]] in 1807, but the conclusion of the alliance between Tsar [[Alexander I of Russia]] and Napoleon at [[Tilsit]] in July interrupted his career, necessitating a temporary retirement after the completion of his business with the [[Sublime Porte|Porte]].

He returned to Vienna, but on the demand of Napoleon for his extradition [[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich|Metternich]] asked him to leave the capital; he left to London, where he found safety from Napoleon in one of the few countries outside the control of Paris. He renewed many old ties, and had an affair with the noted society beauty [[Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper]], and may have fathered one or more of her children.<ref>Ridley, Jasper ''Lord Palmerston'' Constable London 1970 p.43</ref> He remained in England until 1812, when he was recalled by Tsar Alexander to service in Russia. He diligently sought to sow dissension in the Bonaparte household, and in a mission to [[Sweden]] he helped secure the cooperation of Bernadotte against Napoleon. On the entry of the allies into Paris he became commissary general to the provisional government. At the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] restoration General Pozzo di Borgo became Russian ambassador at the [[Tuileries]], and sought to secure a marriage between [[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry]], and the Russian grand duchess Anna, Alexander's sister.