Guillaume Bautru de Serrant

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Guillaume Bautru de Serrant (* 1588 in Angers ; † March 7, 1665 in Paris ) was a French civil servant, diplomat, writer and member of the Académie française .

life and work

The civil servant

Guillaume Bautru, son of a high civil servant, was Richelieu's favorite from 1624 , whom he served as ambassador to England (1625), Spain (1628–1629, 1632–1633) and Brussels (1629–1630). In 1636 he received the title Conseiller du Roi . His state activity, which he continued under Mazarin , came to a standstill by the Fronde .

The man of letters

Through his acquaintance with the core group of the Académie française and the sponsorship of Richelieu, he became a founding member of the Académie française in 1634 (seat no. 15), where he rarely appeared. Satirical occasional poems and letters by him are known in writing, not actual works. According to the testimony of Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux and Gilles Ménage , he was primarily famous for bon mots and personalities. In the Hexameron rustique by François de La Mothe le Vayer , he appears under the name Racémius .

The lord of the castle. The family

The wealthy builder bought Serrant Castle in 1636 and called himself Comte de Serrant in future . His son called himself Guillaume de Bautru de Serrant (1618-1711). The important tomb by Antoine Coysevox in the castle relates to Nicolas Bautru de Nogent, Marquis de Vaubrun, the nephew Bautrus, son of his brother Nicolas Bautru († 1661), who died in the siege of Philippsbourg in 1675 .

literature

  • René Kerviler (1842–1907): Guillaume Bautru, comte de Serrant, l'un des quarante fondateurs de l'Académie française (1588–1665) . Paris 1876.
  • François de La Mothe Le Vayer: Hexameron rustique, ou les six journées passées à la campagne entre des personnes studieuses . Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam 1698, 1671.
  • Gilles Ménage: Menagiana . Paris 1693. (Latin)
  • Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux: Salon stories historiettes . Manesse, Zurich 1996.

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personal data
SURNAME Bautru de Serrant, Guillaume
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bautru, Guillaume; Bautru, Guillaume de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French civil servant, diplomat, man of letters and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Angers
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1665
Place of death Paris