Antoine Maximilien de Belleforière de Soyécourt

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Antoine Maximilien de Belleforière de Soyécourt (* 1591 ; † March 22, 1649 in Paris , Quartier Saint-Germain-des-Prés ) was a French military and aristocrat from Picardy in the 17th century. He was maréchal de camp and in 1636 governor of the border fortress of Corbie . Through his mother he inherited the title of Marquis de Soyécourt and the lands belonging to it.

Life

Antoine Maximilien de Belleforière was the son of Ponthus de Belleforière, Governor of Corbie, Seigneur d'Itres, Chevalier des Ordre de Saint-Michel , and Françoise de Soyécourt, heiress of the Soyécourt and 26 other dominions, including that of Tilloloy .

In 1626 he received the fiefs of Grandes Tournelles in Montdidier and that of Roye and the feudal lords of Guerbigny and Saint-Mard.

In 1618 he married Judith de Mesme. The couple had three children, including the Maréchal de camp Charles Maximilien de Belleforière.

Military career

In 1616 he was authorized by the regent Maria de 'Medici to set up an infantry regiment bearing his name to suppress the revolt of Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé . In 1617 he was involved with his regiment in the siege of Soissons . Appointed to the Council of State in 1620, he supported the young King Louis XIII in the battle of Ponts-de-Cé (near Angers ) against his mother. In 1621 and 1622 he took part in the campaign in Languedoc and served under the command of Louis de Marillac in Lorraine. In 1627 and 1629 he was employed in Picardy. In 1630 he was promoted to the Maréchal de camp . He fought in Provence in 1631 and was involved in the siege of Brégançon and Saint-Tropez .

In November 1634 he became Lieutenant du roi in the Picardy Governorate and Governor of Corbie , like his father.

The loss of Corbie

The governor de Belleforière had a garrison of 1,600 men in Corbie to defend the fortified city. Opposite him, 30,000 Spaniards were deployed under the command of Johann von Werth . After six days, Belleforière preferred to surrender and thus save the city from pillage. The surrender took place on August 15th. The besieged could keep life and limb and their utensils. The departure (to Amiens ) took place with all weapons, flags and the large baggage. Belleforière was subsequently accused of treason by Richelieu . Thereupon, under the personal presidency of King Louis XIII, a court-martial convened in Amiens on October 25th, which sentenced de Belleforière to death by quarter-division . In the meantime, however, he had brought himself to safety in England. For this reason he was symbolically executed at the stake in absentia on October 29, 1636 in Amiens. He lost his military rank and title of nobility. His possessions were confiscated, the high forests that belonged to him were felled, and his castle in Tilloloy was destroyed.

The rehabilitation

After the death of Richelieu, Belleforière was rehabilitated by a decision of the parliament in Paris on September 13th and received all of his titles and rank back. The king paid damages to rebuild Tilloloy Castle. Back in France, however, he resigned all his offices and retired to the Dominican convent of Saint-Germain-des-Prés , where he died on March 22, 1649.

→ see also: Siege of Corbie

literature

  • Roger Caron, Madeleine Marleux: Trois cent cinquantième anniversaire du siège de Corbie. 1636-1986. Ed .: Les Amis du Vieux Corbie. Corbie 1986.
  • Aurélien Marty: Tilloloy, son église, son château. Serham, Montdidier 2002, ISBN 978-2-9513220-3-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aurélien Marty: Tilloloy, son église, son château. Serham, Montdidier 2002, ISBN 978-2-9513220-3-5 .
  2. ↑ Roger Caron, Madeleine Marleux: Trois cent cinquantième anniversaire du siège de Corbie. 1636-1986. Ed .: Les Amis du Vieux Corbie. Corbie 1986.

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personal data
SURNAME Belleforière de Soyécourt, Antoine Maximilien de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Military Governor of Corbie
DATE OF BIRTH 1591
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1649
Place of death Saint-Germain-des-Prés district