Military Governor of Paris

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Général Hervé Navereau , Governor of Paris from 1987 to 1991

The military governor of Paris (precisely: Gouverneur militaire de Paris , in the Ancien Régime often also Gouverneur de Paris et de l'Île-de-France ) is the site commander of the French armed forces in Paris .

The origins of the office are in the dark. Today it is mainly prestige, while in earlier times it also had a political meaning in view of the always restless Parisian population. The governor was the commander of the garrison of Paris and represented the Army Museum in the city and especially with the state authorities. Today he is also responsible to the President for organizing major national celebrations, such as the military parade on the Champs-Elysées on July 14th, the national holiday .

The office has two historical phases: During the Ancien Régime , the military governor played a central, albeit temporarily more limited role than the provincial governors, as he had to take a back seat to the king when he was in the city. During the revolution the office was not occupied, but was reinstated in 1804 by the current military command.

Governor of Paris

The list is incomplete and probably not in the correct order unless the years of office are available. In this case, the year of death was chosen as an auxiliary criterion.

Governor of Paris in the Ancien Régime

14th and 15th centuries

Charles II d'Amboise de Chaumont , governor of Paris from 1493 to 1496

16th Century

  • Guillaume de Poitiers , Marchese di Cotrone, Baron de Clérieu, Lieutenant du Roi, Gouverneur de Paris, June 2, 1496 (pr.), † May 2, 1503
  • vacancy
  • Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme , Comte de Soissons, Marle, Conte di Conversano, Lieutenant-général et Gouverneur de Paris et d'Île-de-France, February 18, 1515 (pr.)
    • Jacques de Dinteville, Seigneur de Chenets, Lieutenant du Roi en l'absence du Duc de Vendôme, December 4, 1516 (pr.)
  • François de Bourbon , Comte de Saint-Pol et de Chaumont, Lieutenant-général et Gouverneur de Paris et de l'Île-de-France (in place of the Duc de Vendôme, who was appointed Governor of Picardy), December 16, 1519 ( pr.)
    • Pierre Filholi (Filleul, Filhol, Filloli), Archbishop of Aix , Lieutenant en l'absence du Comte de Saint-Pol, September 18, 1522 (pr.)
    • Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme , Gouverneur de Picardie, Lieutenant-général du Roi au Gouvernement de Paris et d'Île-de-France, October 24, 1523 (pr.)
    • Amé de Sarrebruck , Comte de Braine, Lieutenant en l'absence du Comte de Saint-Pol, 23 June 1525 (approval of the Parliament )
    • Jean de Torcy, Lieutenant au lieu du Comte de Braine, November 7, 1525 (pr.)
  • Michel Antoine , Marquis de Saluces , Governor de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, in March 1526, instead of the Comte de Saint-Pol, which the governor of the Dauphiné was appointed
    • Jean de La Barre , Comte d'Étampes , Vicomte de Bridiers, Baron de Veretz, Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre, Prévôt de Paris, Lieutenant en l'absence du Marquis de Saluces, June 27, 1526 (pr.)

After the Marchese di Saluzzo's death in 1528, the office was divided:

  • (1) Jean de La Barre , Comte d'Étampes, Prévot de Paris, Gouverneur de Paris, December 11, 1528 (pr.), † March 1534
    • Jean de La Balue, Seigneur de Goix, Lieutenant en l'absence du Comte d'Étampes, March 15, 1529 (pr.)
  • (2) François II. De La Tour , Vicomte de Turenne, Gouverneur de l'Île-de-France, March 10, 1529 (pr.), † July 12, 1532
  • Antoine de La Rochefoucauld , Seigneur de Barbezieux, Governor de l'Île-de-France, July 20, 1532 (pr.)
    • Philippe de Suze , Seigneur de Coye, Lieutenant au Gouvernement d'Île-de-France, † before April 16, 1534

The two offices were merged again after the death of Jean de La Barres (1534)

Appointed by the league:

Appointed by Henry IV:

  • François d'O , † 1594, Gouverneur de Paris et de l'Île de France, March 23, 1594 (2nd time), † October 1594
  • On October 24, 1594, King Henry IV declared that he would administer the governorate of Paris himself and that he would establish a separate governorate de l'Île-de-France

From another source:

Paul de La Barthe , Seigneur de Thermes, † 1562, Gouverneur de Paris et de l'Île de France without a year

17th and 18th centuries

François de L'Hospital , governor of Paris from 1648 to 1657

Commandants généraux de la force armée à Paris

Général Napoléon Bonaparte , Commandant de la force armée of Paris, from 1795 to 1796

Governor of Paris after the Revolution

Général Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon , Governor of Paris from 1816 to 1818
Général François Certain de Canrobert , Governor of Paris from 1865 to 1870

Commanders of occupation forces

Under foreign occupation, generals of the occupying power were commanders of Paris.

1815:

1940–1944:

literature

  • Gérard Bieuville, Pierre Perrier: Les Gouverneurs militaires de Paris. Connaissances et mémoires européennes - Gouvernement militaire de Paris, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-919911-24-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This section after: Jean-Pierre Babelon, Nouvelle Histoire de Paris - Paris au XVIe siècle , Diffusion Hachette, 1986, pp. 525ff Gouverneurs et Lieutenants-généraux de Paris et d'Île-de-France
  2. ↑ Date des lettres de provision - date of the order letters
  3. ↑ called L'Aîné , † 1522, Seigneur d ' Échenay , de Commarin et de Bar-sur-Seine brother of François de Dinteville, † 1530, since 1513 Bishop of Auxerre , uncle of the diplomat Jean de Dinteville (1504-1555), see. Detlev Schwennicke , Europäische Stammtafeln , Volume 15, 1990, Plate 116, and Étienne Pattou, Famille et Seigneurs de Jaucourt et de Dinteville , pp. 23/24 ( online , accessed May 10, 2020)
  4. ^ Nephew of Cardinal Jean de La Balue , † 1491, cf. Étienne Pattou, Famille La Balue , p. 3 ( online , accessed April 26, 2020)
  5. ^ Aubert, Dictionnaire de la noblesse , Volume 2, 1771, p. 18