Charles du Plessis-Liancourt

Charles du Plessis-Liancourt († October 20, 1620 ) was a French nobleman and governor of Paris

Life

Charles du Plessis-Liancourt was the eldest son of Guillaume du Plessis-Liancourt (1491-1550), Seigneur de Liancourt et de Sarcelles , and Françoise de Ternay. His date of birth is unknown, it is known that he was still under the tutelage of his mother in 1551.

On December 21, 1583 he was appointed Chevalier de l ' Ordre du Saint-Esprit , the admission took place on December 31, 1583. On December 5, 1586 he paid homage to the future King Henry IV in his function as Duke of Vendôme .

He was Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise , in 1606 he was Seigneur de Montfort , who was raised to Marquisate Montfort in March 1616 (registration with the Parlement de Paris was not made until July 7, 1662), as well as Baron von Montlouet and Gallardon .

He was adviser to the king in the Conseil d'Etat et Privé , captain of 50 orderly soldiers , Premier Écuyer de la Petite-Ecurie du Roi , governor of Metz and the Pays Messin (by Henry IV after the dismissal of Roger de Comminges, Sieur de Saubole , appointed), Gouverneur et Lieutenant-Général des Ville, Prévôté & Vicomté de Paris (in exchange for his function in Metz; he already held the new function on August 18, 1615, as he was at that time by Louis XIII. 12,000 Livre got as governor of Paris).

On August 6, 1618 he bought for 69,000 livre fontrailles from Urbain de Laval, Seigneur de Boisdauphin, for whom he paid homage to the Duke of Mayenne , on March 9, 1619 he was also Seigneur de La Ferté-Bernard . On January 2, 1620 he was Chevalier d'honneur de la Reine-Mère Maria de 'Medici .

marriage and family

Charles du Plessis-Liancourt married Antoinette (Marguerite) de Pons (* around 1570, † January 16, 1632 in Paris), Marquise de Guercheville , Dame d'honneur of Queen Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1584 ), later Première Dame d'honneur de la Reine-Mère Maria de 'Médici, daughter of Antoine de Pons, Comte de Marennes, Capitaine de 100 Gentilhommes ordinaires de la Maison du Roi , and Marie de Montchenu, Dame de Guercheville, widow of Henri de Silly († 1586), Comte de La Roche-Guyon , Chevalier de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit. They had two children:

Roger du Plessis-Liancourt (* 1598 - January or August 1, 1674 in Paris), Seigneur and from August 1673 Marquis du Plessis, 1633 1st Duc de Liancourt , Marquis de Guercheville, Comte de Beaumont, Duc de La Roche-Guyon (May 1643), Pair de France (December 31, 1643), Chevalier de l ' Ordre du Saint-Esprit ; ∞ Marriage contract of February 14, 1620, Anne (alias Jeanne) de Schomberg (* around 1600, † June 14, 1674 in Liancourt), Marquise d'Espinay, Comtesse de Durtal, daughter of Henri de Schomberg , Comte de Nanteuil-le- Haudouin , Marshal of France , and Françoise d'Espinay-Duretal; she had previously been married to François de Cossé (1588-1651), 2nd Duc de Brissac, since April 1618, the marriage was annulled
Gabrielle du Plessis-Liancourt (around 1596, † 1672); ∞ Marriage contracts of March 1 and September 4, 1611, François V. de La Rochefoucauld (born September 5, 1588 - † February 8, 1650), Count and later Duke of La Rochefoucauld , Prince de Marcillac, the parents of the literary figure François VI . de La Rochefoucauld

literature

Père Anselme , Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la Couronne ... , 3rd edition, volume 4, 1726, p. 756

Web link

Étienne Pattou, Maison du Plessis et du Plessis-Liancourt , p. 12f ( online , accessed April 14, 2020)

Remarks

↑ Henry IV stayed in Metz from March 14 to April 1, 1603, the visit leading to the end of Saubole's rule in the city. In 1604 Liancourt was Lieutenant-General in Metz (Roger Clément, La condition des juifs de Metz sous l'Ancien Régime, Paris 1903, pièce justificative No. VI)
↑ 200 years younger is the information that the foundation stone for the first equestrian statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf was laid on August 24, 1614 in the presence of Louis XIII, M. de Liancourt as governor of Paris, the Prévôt des Marchands and the Échevins was held (H. Colburn, The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences , Part 1, 1818, p. 26).
↑ The annulment was due to alleged "impuissance" (inability to consummate marriage, impotence); the Duke of Brissac had nine children from his second wife; Roger du Plessis-Liancourt and Anne de Schomberg had a son

personal data
SURNAME	Plessis-Liancourt, Charles you
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Comte de Beaumont, Marquis de Montfort
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French nobleman, governor of Metz and Paris
DATE OF BIRTH	17th century
DATE OF DEATH	October 20, 1620

[1] Henry IV stayed in Metz from March 14 to April 1, 1603, the visit leading to the end of Saubole's rule in the city. In 1604 Liancourt was Lieutenant-General in Metz (Roger Clément, La condition des juifs de Metz sous l'Ancien Régime, Paris 1903, pièce justificative No. VI)

[2] 200 years younger is the information that the foundation stone for the first equestrian statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf was laid on August 24, 1614 in the presence of Louis XIII, M. de Liancourt as governor of Paris, the Prévôt des Marchands and the Échevins was held (H. Colburn, The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences , Part 1, 1818, p. 26).

[3] The annulment was due to alleged "impuissance" (inability to consummate marriage, impotence); the Duke of Brissac had nine children from his second wife; Roger du Plessis-Liancourt and Anne de Schomberg had a son