François Honorat de Beauvilliers
François Honorat de Beauvilliers (born October 30, 1607 Paris, † June 16, 1687 ibid) was a French nobleman and military man, also a member of the Académie française .
biography
François Honorat de Beauvilliers was the son of Honorat de Beauvilliers (1579-1622), Comte de Saint-Aignan, and Jacqueline de La Grange d'Arquian († 1632), who in turn was a daughter of François de La Grange d'Arquian , Marshal of France , was. He owes his first name François to the special devotion of his parents to the founder of the Capuchin Order , whose habit he wore during part of his childhood. After embarking on a military career, he took part in 14 campaigns in which he was mostly commander himself, including in Germany (1634/35), Franche-Comté (1636) and Flanders (1637). In 1640 he was held in the Bastille because of his defeat in the Battle of Diedenhofen (1639) . In 1644 he was appointed Maréchal de camp .
In recognition of his loyalty during the difficulties with the Fronde (1648–1653), Louis XIV appointed him a Knight in the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1661 . In 1663 he was made Duke of Saint-Aignan and Peer of France , he was also First Chamberlain and Governor of several provinces.
Beauvilliers maintained extensive correspondence with authors of his time, including Vincent Voiture and Isaac de Benserade , whom he hired for the court festivities, the design of which he was entrusted with after the death of Cardinal Mazarin in 1661. He wrote poems himself, but he did not publish any and only a few later appeared in anthologies. In 1663 he became a member of the Académie française (Fauteuil 17), he was also a member of the Accademia galileiana di scienze, lettere ed arti in Padua and the Académie de physique de Caen (which only existed from 1662 to 1672). In 1669 he helped found the Académie d'Arles, of which he became the first patron.
The greatest tragedy of his life also struck him in 1663 when his son Pierre de Beauvilliers, the Chevalier de Saint-Aignan , had to flee abroad - like all surviving participants - due to the duel between the Marquis de La Frette and the Prince de Chalais . In the case of Pierre, it was made more difficult that he had been sent by the king to prevent the duel, but had not fulfilled his mission, but had changed sides and participated in the duel himself. François Honorat de Beauvilliers renounced Pierre because “his son's guilt was natural, never to be forgiven: if he knew where he was, he would be the first to betray him in order to try him do". This attitude saved his career, but cost him his son, who died the following year in the 4th Austrian Turkish War .
From 1664 to 1687 he was military governor and mayor of Le Havre (the two offices were traditionally awarded in personal union). Although his job turned out to be corrupt, he continued to do so until his death.
In 1671 he succeeded - as the last highlight of his life - in marrying his son and heir Paul to a daughter of the finance minister Colbert .
family
François Honorat de Beauvilliers married on January 1, 1663 Antoinette Servien (1617–1680), daughter of the Trésorier de France Nicolas Servien de Montigny, a cousin of Abel Servien . Your children are:
- François de Beauvilliers, Comte de Séry (1637–1666), Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi
- Pierre de Beauvilliers, dit le Chevalier de Saint-Aignan (1641–1664)
- Paul de Beauvilliers , Duc de Saint-Aignan (1648–1714), known as Duc de Beauvilliers , Governor of the Prince, Minister of State; ⚭ 1671 Henriette-Louise Colbert, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Marie Charon ( Colbert house )
- Anne de Beauvilliers (1652–1734), 1671 Abbess of La Joye-lès-Nemours .
He married Françoise Geré de Laubépine de Rancé (1642-1728) for the second time on June 7, 1680. Your children are:
- Marie-Françoise de Beauvilliers (1681–1748), ⚭ Jean François, Marquis de Marillac († 1704); ⚭ (2) Louis François, Marquis de L'Aubespine;
- François Honorat Antoine de Beauvilliers , Bishop of Beauvais (1682–1751)
- Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers , Duc de Saint-Aignan (1684–1776), diplomat, member of the Académie française
literature
- Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras , Mémoires de M. le comte de Rochefort , 3rd edition, 1689, p. 206ff ( online )
- Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet , Histoire de l'Académie françoise , Volume 2, 1729, pp. 239f
- François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois , Dictionnaire de la noblesse , Paris, 1771, Volume 2, p. 233
- Tyrtée Tastet, Histoire des quarante fauteuils de l'Académie française depuis la fondation jusqu'à nos jours, 1635–1855 , Volume 3, 1855, pp. 309–311.
- Yves Coirault, Saint-Simon, Mémoires , Bibliothèque de la Pléiade , Gallimard, 1988, volume 8
Remarks
- ^ Courtilz
- ↑ Hervé Chabannes, Les manuscrits retrouvés de Jacques Augustin Gaillard, p. 124, ISBN 2-35038-019X
- ↑ Aubert
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1690
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1155
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1158
- ↑ Aubert
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1690
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1511
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1691
- ↑ Coirault, S. 1690
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beauvilliers, François Honorat de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Comte de Saint-Aignan, Duc de Saint-Aignan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman and military man, member of the Académie française |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1607 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1687 |
| Place of death | Paris |