Marc René d'Argenson

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Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721)

Marc René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'Argenson (born November 4, 1652 in Venice , † May 8, 1721 in Paris ) was a French statesman.

Live and act

He was the son of René Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson , a French envoy in Venice, and Marguerite Houllier de la Poyade (* 1635). He had a brother named François Hélie de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson. In 1693 he married Marguerite Le Fèvre de Caumartin (1672–1719), with whom he had three children:

  1. Marie-Catherine (1693-1735)
  2. René Louis d'Argenson (1694–1757)
  3. Marc-Pierre d'Argenson (1696-1764).

Marc René d'Argenson was Minister of State from 1697 to 1718 and, as successor to Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie, the second lieutenant general of the police (lieutenant général de police). In this role he fought the Jansenists and had the nuns expelled from Port-Royal des Champs in 1709 . From January 28, 1718 to June 7, 1720 he was President of the Financial Council and Keeper of the Seal of France . He advocated Law's financial operations and resigned from all offices after the Mississippi bubble burst in 1720.

He often visited the salon of Madame Claudine Guérin de Tencin , to whom he was personally very close.

In 1716 he became an honorary member of the Académie des Sciences .

literature

  • Jacques Saint-Germain: La vie quotidienne en France à la fin du Grand Siècle: d'après les archives, en partie inédites, du lieutenant général de police Marc-René d'Argenson: Paris: Hachette, 1965 ( La vie quotidienne )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Family genealogy
  2. ^ Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire: La France des Lumières. 1715-1789. Belin, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-7011-3365-2 , pp. 231-233.
  3. ^ List of members since 1666: letter A. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 3, 2019 (French).


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personal data
SURNAME Argenson, Marc René d '
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Argenson, Marc René de Voyer de Paulmy d '; Argenson, Marc René de Voyer de Paulmy marquis d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French statesman
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH Venice
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1721
Place of death Paris