Amador de La Porte
Amador de La Porte (* around 1566 in Picardy ; † October 31, 1644 in Paris) was the maternal uncle of Cardinal Richelieu and from 1639 to 1644 Grand Prior of France of the Order of St. John .
Life
Amador de La Porte comes from Picardy and is the son of François de La Porte and Madeleine Charles. On June 11, 1582 - about 16 years old - he entered the Order of St. John (Ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem); here he became a knight and commander, Suzeran von Clichy , on February 18, 1637 Prior of Champagne . After the death of Guillaume de Meaux Boisboudran, he was appointed Grand Prior of France on October 2, 1639.
As a result of the untimely death of François du Plessis de Richelieu (1590), husband of his half-sister Suzanne de la Porte de Vezins (1551-1616), he took over the guardianship of his children, his nephews, including Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu , the later Cardinal Richelieu (* 1585). With the help of his personal fortune, he financed Armand-Jean and his brother Alphonse-Louis (* 1582) training at the Collège de Navarre and - for Armand-Jean - at the Antoine de Pluvinels riding academy . Amador de La Porte later performed the same function for another nephew, Charles de La Porte (* 1602).
As Richelieu later Minister Louis XIII. he did not forget his uncle. He made him governor of the Aunis and the Saintonge , giving Amador de La Porte authority over the ports of La Rochelle and Brouage .
Amador de La Porte died on October 31, 1644 and was buried in the (now defunct) church of Sainte-Marie-du-Temple in the former Paris Castle .
literature
- Jean-Marc Roger, Amador de la Porte et le gouvernement de la Rochelle , in: Recherches vendéennes , Société d'émulation de la Vendée & Center vendéen de recherches historiques, No. 16, Richelieu, de l'évêque au ministre: actes du colloque tenu à Luçon le 25 avril 2008 , 2009, pp. 27-90, pp. 291-300, ISSN 1257-7979
- Roland Mousnier , L'homme rouge: = la vie du cardinal de Richelieu (1585–1642) , Paris, Laffont, Collection Bouquins , April 1992, ISBN 2-221-06592-1
- Jacques-Paul Migne , Dictionnaire d'épigraphie chrétienne , Volume 2, 1852
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Porte, Amador de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Prior of France of the Order of St. John |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1566 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Picardy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1644 |
| Place of death | Paris |