François du Plessis de Richelieu
François du Plessis, Seigneur de Richelieu (* 1548 , Richelieu ; † June 10, 1590 Gonesse ) was a French military, diplomat, and senior officer of the crown . He is the father of Cardinal Richelieu
Life
François du Plessis comes from an old Poitou family . He is the younger son of the officer Louis du Plessis de Richelieu and Françoise de Rochechouart. When his older brother Louis II du Plessis de Richelieu was killed by Seigneur de Mausson in a neighborhood dispute, François killed the perpetrator in return. François was under the pages of Kings Francis II and Charles IX. behaved. In 1569 he fought in the battle of Moncontour .
After Gabriel Hanotaux , he followed the Duke of Anjou to Poland , where he became his agent ( Ministre plénipotentiaire ) with the task of gaining the trust of the local nobility (1573/74). According to Françoise Hildesheimer, however, nothing points to the presence of du Plessis in Poland.
In 1578 he became Grand prévôt de France and in December 1585 Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit .
He played a key role in the Estates- General of 1588-89 ( États de Blois ), and although he was an avid Catholic, he remained King Henry III. loyal to the fight against the Catholic League and then joined Henry IV . He later fought on the side of the king in the Battle of Arques (1589) and the Battle of Ivry (1590). As a reward for his services, he received a gratuity of 20,000 écu from Henry IV and was appointed captain of the 3rd company of the Garde du corps du roi .
He was adviser to the king in the Conseils du Roi (Conseil d'État and Conseil privé) and lieutenant in the orderly company of the Prince de Dombes .
He died of an inflammatory fever on June 10, 1590 at the age of 42.
Marriage and offspring
He married Suzanne de La Porte, daughter of François de La Porte, the well-known lawyer of the Parlement ( House of La Porte ), and Claude Bochart, the sister of Amador de La Porte . Your children are:
- Henri (1579 / 80–1619), Marquis de Richelieu
- Alphonse Louis (1582–1653), Archbishop of Aix , Archbishop of Lyon , Cardinal
- Isabelle (1582 / 83-1548); ∞ Louis Nicolas Pidoux (1588–1640), Seigneur de La Maduère
- Armand-Jean (1585–1642), Cardinal Richelieu
- Françoise (1586-1615); ∞ (1) Jean-Baptiste de Beauvau, Seigneur de Pimpéan; ∞ (2) René de Vignerot (1590–1625) ( Vignerot House )
- (2) Marie-Madeleine de Vignerot (1604-1675), Duchesse d'Aiguillon
- (2) François de Vignerot (1603–1646), whose descendants inherited the title of Duc de Richelieu
- Nicole (1587-1635); ∞ Urbain de Maillé (1598–1650), Marquis de Brézé, Marshal of France
- Claire-Clémence de Maillé (1628-1694); ∞ Louis II. De Bourbon, prince de Condé (1621–1686), the Grand Condé
literature
- Maximin Deloche: Les Richelieu: le père du Cardinal; François du Plessis, grand prévost de France. Perrin, Paris 1923.
- Gabriel Hanotaux , Histoire du Cardinal de Richelieu, La Jeunesse de Richelieu (1585-1614). In: Revue des Deux Mondes. 3e période, Volume 94, 1889 ( wikisource )
- Françoise Hildesheimer: Richelieu. Flammarion, 2004.
- Richelieu (François du Plessis de). In: Pierre Larousse , Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. 15 volumes. 1863-1890.
- Roland Mousnier: L'homme rouge: la vie du cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642). Laffont, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-221-06592-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hildesheimer, p. 18.
- ^ Mousnier, p. 17.
- ↑ Hanotaux, pp. 79-109.
- ↑ Hildesheimer, p. 21.
- ^ Mousnier, see also Le Plessis-Richelieu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richelieu, François du Plessis de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1548 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richelieu (Indre-et-Loire) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1590 |
| Place of death | Gonesse |