Jean Jouvenel

Jean Jouvenel († April 1, 1431 in Poitiers ) was a French lawyer . He came from Troyes , where he was a lawyer, and later he was a member of the Parlement in Paris .

Life

Jean Jouvenel married Michèle de Vitry, with whom he had 16 children, whom he married into long-established families, creating a network that led him to the highest circles in Paris.

King Charles VI. appointed him in 1389 to the Garde de la prévoté des marchands . In this role he gradually organized the restoration of the privileges of the city of Paris, which had been abolished after the Maillotins uprising .

He was made a knight ( Chevalier ), in 1400 became the king's advocate in the parliament, 1413 chancellor of the Dauphins Ludwig († 1415), 1417 president of the tax courts ( cour des aides ), 1418 the maître des requêtes in the parliament of Poitiers, who was responsible for petitions , 1420 President of the Parliament of Poitiers, and in the same year temporarily President of the Parlement of Toulouse .

The tomb of Jean Jouvenel and Michèle de Vitry is the most important surviving funerary monument in the Notre-Dame Cathedral : It shows both kneeling on the tomb with her behind him. The Louvre also owns the altarpiece donated to the cathedral by Jean Jouvenel , which shows him with his wife and his eleven surviving children.

Jean Jouvenel's son Jean Latinized his family name and added it to Juvénal des Ursins with the claim to be related to the Roman family of the Orsini .

Children of Jean Jouvenels and Michèle de Vitry were among others:

• Jean Juvénal des Ursins (1388–1473), 1432 Bishop of Beauvais , 1444 Bishop of Laon , 1449 Archbishop of Reims
• Guillaume Juvénal des Ursins (1400–1472), 1445–1461 and 1465–1472 Chancellor of France
• Michel Juvénal des Ursins (1408–1471)
• Jacques Juvénal des Ursins (1410–1457), 1444 Archbishop of Reims , Patriarch of Antioch