Louis Verjus de Crécy
Louis Verjus de Crécy (* 1629 in Paris ; † December 13, 1709 ibid) was a French politician, diplomat and member of the Académie française .
life and work
Louis Verjus, brother of the Jesuit Antoine Verjus (1632–1706), was a Jesuit student. In 1650 he began his career with Cardinal Retz . In 1661 he succeeded in joining the king's cabinet. In 1666 he went on a diplomatic mission to Maria Francisca Elisabeth of Savoy , Queen of Portugal, on the recommendation of César d'Estrées , and took his brother with him. From there he went to London in 1669 and back to Paris in 1670. He spent the next few years in the diplomatic service in Cologne, Münster and Osnabrück, as well as three years in Berlin. In 1776 he married the wealthy daughter (* 1652) of the building minister ( surintendant ) Antoine de Ratabon (1617–1670) and bought the position of cabinet secretary to the king. In 1679 he successfully negotiated the Peace of Nijmegen , became a member of the Académie française (seat no. 22), with which he had maintained contacts for a long time, and in the same year until 1688 he was authorized ambassador to the Regensburg Reichstag . After he had acquired the Baronnie Crécy-Couvé (southwest Dreux ) in 1675 , he was allowed to call himself Count von Crécy from 1681 . In 1697 he signed the Peace of Rijswijk . He died at the age of seventy and was buried in the church of Crécy-Couvé.
literature
- Heinrich Rubner: "The French legation at the Regensburg Reichstag (1663–1702)". In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg 147, 2007, pp. 165–204 (here: 186–193).
Web links
- Information on Louis Verjus de Crécy in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Literature by and about Louis Verjus de Crécy in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verjus de Crecy, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crécy, Louis Verjus comte de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat and member of the Académie française |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1629 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1709 |
| Place of death | Paris |