Changing sides to support Talleyrand on 10 April 1814,[REF][REF][REF] Sébastiani was appointed to the Bourbon Restoration Government and was, on 2 June, awarded the Order of Saint Louis by King Louis XVIII [REF].
During the French legislative election, 1824, his attempt to campaign in Corsica was frustrated by the local authorities representing the Royalist Government of Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, and he subsequently won 1 out of 48 votes [REF].