Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duc de Saint-Aignan

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Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers (also: Saint-Aignan ; born November 25, 1684 in Paris ; † January 22, 1776 ibid) was a French nobleman, officer, diplomat and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie française .

life and work

Origin and education

Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers was the son of François Honorat de Beauvilliers († 1687), a member of the Académie française, the half-brother of Paul duc de Beauvilliers (1648–1714) and the brother of François Honorat Antoine de Beauvilliers (1682–1751), Bishop of Beauvais . Since his half-brother was educator of the Duc de Bourgogne (1682-1712), he grew up after the early loss of his father with the Boubonenprinzen and had Fénelon as a teacher.

Officer and diplomat

From 1702 he did military service, first in Flanders, then from Malta in the naval war against the Turks, from 1706 as aide de camp of Marshal Ferdinand de Marsin again in Flanders, where he was captured and released again. In 1709 he was wounded in the battle of Malplaquet , from 1712 he fought under Marshal Villars in the battle of Denain , then in Landau and Freiburg. From 1714 to 1718 he was the French ambassador to Spain, where his position in the negotiations with Giulio Alberoni and Philip V became so difficult that he finally had to flee to France with his wife under adventurous circumstances. From 1718 to 1722 he was a member of the regent's council , then he was expelled. In 1730 he was appointed ambassador to the Holy See in Rome, arrived there in 1732 and stayed until 1741. Back in France, he devoted himself primarily to the city of Le Havre , of which he was officially governor since 1719. He died at the age of 91. Except for academic speeches, he left no writings.

Title and academy memberships

From 1706 Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers carried the title of Duke of Saint-Aignan and Peer of France . From 1711 he belonged to the parliament and was first chamberlain of the Duc de Berry at the court . From 1724 he was a knight in the Order of the Holy Spirit . In 1726 he was elected to the Académie française (seat no. 21), in 1732 to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. He was also a member of the Galileo Academy of Sciences and Arts in Padua .

family

In 1707 he married Marie-Anne de Montlezun († October 15, 1734). After her death in Rome in 1757 he married Françoise-Hélène-Etiennette Turgot (1729–1784), sister of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot .

literature

  • "Eloge de M. le Duc de Saint-Aignan". In: Mémoires de l'Académie royale des Inscriptions 42, 1786, pp. 155-161.
  • Alexis-Guislain Lemale: Notices biographiques sur les ducs de Saint-Aignan (François et Hippolyte), governors du Havre . Le Havre 1860, pp. 95-179.
  • Alexis-Guislain Lemale: Le Havre sous le Gouvernement du duc H. de Saint-Aignan 1719–1776. Étude Historique . Le Havre 1860.

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personal data
SURNAME Saint-Aignan, Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duc de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beauvilliers duc de Saint-Aignan, Paul-Hippolyte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, officer, diplomat and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1684
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1776
Place of death Paris