Germain Louis Chauvelin

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Germain Louis de Chauvelin, marquis de Groisbois (* 1685 ; † 1762 ) was a French minister of state , state secretary for foreign affairs from 1727 to 1737 and keeper of the seal .

Live and act

As State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Germain Louis de Chauvelin pursued a policy directed against Austria. He was one of the leading supporters of France's declaration of war on Austria in 1733 ( War of the Polish Succession ) due to the tensions surrounding the Polish succession. In the Vienna Preliminary Peace of 1735 (see Peace of Vienna (1738) ), France had to accept the succession to the throne of Friedrich August II , the French candidate and father-in-law of Louis XV. However, Stanislaus Leszczyński received the Duchy of Lorraine , which had to fall to France in the long term. In 1736, after the marriage of the emperor's daughter Maria Theresa with Franz Stephan von Lothringen , Chauvelin said that a union of Lorraine with the imperial rule should not be accepted. On September 30th of this year Stanislaus Leszczyński was persuaded by Chauvelin and Cardinal Fleury to leave the financial management and administration of the Duchies of Lorraine and Bar to the French state. In return, he received cash payments from the French crown. The regulations of the Vienna Peace came into effect in 1738.

literature

  • Klaus Malettke : The Bourbons Volume II: From Ludwig XV. to Louis XVI: 1715–1789 / 92 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2008, pp. 40-43. ISBN 978-3-17-020582-6
  • Lucien Bély: Schoepflin et Chauvelin, l'historien et le ministre: étude comparative de deux visions des relations internationales . In: B. Vogler, Jürgen Voss (eds.): Strasbourg, Schoepflin et l'Europe au XVIIIe siècle . (Paris Historical Studies, 42). Bouvier, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-416-02622-5 , p. 225 ff. ( Digitized version )
predecessor Office successor
Charles-Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau de Morville Foreign Minister of France
23 August 1727 - 20 February 1737 		Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou
Joseph Jean-Baptiste Fleuriau Garde des Sceaux de France
23 August 1727 - 20 February 1737 		Henri François d'Aguesseau
personal data
SURNAME Chauvelin, Germain Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Groisbois, Germain Louis de Chauvelin marquis de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French keeper of the seal, Minister of State and Secretary of State
DATE OF BIRTH 1685
DATE OF DEATH 1762