Léon Potier de Gesvres (Duke)

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Léon Potier dit de Gesvres (* around 1620; † December 9, 1704 ) was a French nobleman and courtier. He was 2nd Duke of Tresmes (from 1669) and 1st Duke of Gesvres (from 1670), Pair de France , and from 1687 Governor of Paris .

Life

Léon Potier was the third son of René Potier (1579-1670), 1st Duc de Tresmes, and Marguerite de Piney-Luxembourg († 1647). After the death of his older brothers Louis († 1643 at the siege of Thionville ), Marquis de Gesvres, and François († 1646 at the siege of Lérida ), Marquis de Gandelu , then Marquis de Gesvres, he became Marquis de Gandelu in 1643 and 1646 Marquis de Gesvres as heir to family property and family titles. He was Premier gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roi, Gouverneur-Capitaine des Chasses Royales de Monceaux, La Varenne, Meaux etc.

In 1669 his father resigned as duke and peer in his favor, the following year the duchy of Tresmes (with the central town of Crouy-sur-Ourcq ) was renamed the duchy of Gesvres. In addition, he became Marquis d ' Annebault as heir to his (by marriage) aunt Charlotte de Vieuxpont and Marquis de Fontenay-Mareuil on behalf of his wife.

In 1687 he was appointed governor of Paris , and on December 31, 1688 he was accepted into the Order of the Holy Spirit . He succeeded in inheriting the governor's office (as well as his titles) to his son François-Bernard Potier de Gesvres .

marriage and family

Léon Potier married Marie-Angelique du Val (or Duval) de Fontenay-Mareuil (around 1632; † October 4, 1702 in Mareuil) in 1651, only daughter of François du Val de Fontenay-Mareuil (around 1594-1665), French ambassador in London around Rome, and Suzanne d'Auxy de Monceau; Marie-Angelique du Val brought Fontenay-en-Parisis , Mareil-en-France and Jaigny to the Potier family a few years later. Your children are:

  • Marie-Thérèse Potier de Gesvres (March 16, 1654 - November 9, 1669)
  • François-Bernard Potier de Gesvres (July 15, 1655 - April 15, 1739), Marquis de Gesvres, Duc de Tresmes, then 2nd Duc de Gesvres, Pair de France, Premier gentilhomme de la chambre, Governor on December 10, 1704 of Paris, heir to the Marquisate de Fontenay-Mareuil; ⚭ June 15, 1690 Marie-Madeleine Louise de Seiglière (s) (* around 1664; † April 3, 1702), daughter of Joachim de SeiglIére (s), Seigneur de Boisfranc et de Saint-Ouen, Vicomte de La Rochebriant etc. and Geneviève Gédoyn des Touches
  • Léon Potier de Gesvres (born August 15, 1656 - † November 12, 1744 in Paris), Docteur en Théologie de la Faculté de Paris, Abbot of Saint-Remi de Reims , Abbé, Comte de Seigneur de Saint-Géraud d'Aurillac , Abbé de Notre-Dame de Bernay , 1694–1729 Archbishop of Bourges , 1714 Commandeur du Saint-Esprit , November 27, 1719 Cardinal priest , known as Cardinal de Gesvres
  • Marie-Jeanne Félicie Rosalie Potier de Gesvres, dite Mademoiuselle de Gesvres (* September 20, 1657 - † October 10, 1740)
  • Suzanne-Angélique Potier des Gesvres (born June 7, 1659) nun in the Couvent de La Visitation Sainte-Marie in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques in Paris
  • Louis Potier de Gesvres (born November 10, 1660; † April 24, 1689 Strasbourg), Marquis de Gandelu, Colonel in the Régiment Royal des Vaisseaux , August 1688 Brigadier , Inspecteur d'Infanterie, succumbed to the wounds he had at Oberkirch in the Palatinate had suffered
  • Jules-Auguste Potier de Gesvres (born November 6, 1662 - April 15, 1741), dit le chevalier de Gesvres , May 23, 1665 Knight of the Order of Malta , 1684 Colonel in the Régiment de Bassigny, Lieutant du Roi aux Bailliages de Caen et de Caux Gouverneur by Pont-Audemer
  • François Potier de Gesvres (* 1664; † July 18, 1685 before Koroni in the fight against the Ottomans), Knight of the Order of Malta
  • Madeleine-Armande Potier de Gesvres, dite Mademoiselle de Fontenay (* July 22, 1667) nun in the Couvent de La Visitation Sainte-Marie in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques in Paris
  • Charlotte-Julie-Louise Potier de Gesvres, dite Mademoiselle de Mareuil (November 2, 1669, † January 3, 1752), ⚭ July 1707 Charles-Amédée de Broglie († October 25, 1707), Marquis de Revel, Commandeur des Ordres du Roi, Lieutenant-général des Armées du Roi, son of Francesco-Maria di Broglia ( Broglie (noble family) )
  • Charles Potier de Gesvres, † young, Comte d'Annebault

His second marriage was on January 29, 1703, Marie-Renée de Romilley de La Chesnelaye (* around 1684 - March 27, 1742 in Paris), daughter of Louis de Romilley, Marquis de La Chesnelaye, Governor of Fougères , and Elisabeth Gabrielle de Belleforière de Soyécourt. This marriage remained childless.

literature

  • Louis Moréri , Le Grand Dictionnaire historique , Volume 8, chez les Libraires associés, Paris, 1759, pp. 519-522
  • Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles , Histoire généalogique et héraldique des Pairs de France , Volume 6, 1826, pages 1-8
  • Père Anselme , Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, des pairs, grands officiers de la couronne & de la maison du roi, & des anciens barons du royaume, etc. , 4th edition 1868, pp. 724-735

Web links

Commons : Léon Potier de Gesvres  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Étienne Pattou, Famille Potier ( online accessed on April 8, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Potier de Gesvres, Léon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duc de Tresmes, Duc de Gesvres
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, governor of Paris
DATE OF BIRTH around 1629
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1704