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The title Admiral of France is one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France, the naval equivalent of Marshal of France. The Great Officers of the Crown were the most important officers of state of the royal court in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration The Marshal of France (Maréchal de France and pl Maréchaux de France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a Military rank.

The title was created in 1270 by Louis IX of France, during the Eighth Crusade. The Eighth Crusade was a Crusade launched by Louis IX, King of France, in At the time it was equivalent to the office of Constable of France. The Constable of France (connétable de France from Latin comes stabuli for " Count of the stables" as the First Officer of the Crown was one The Admiral was responsible for defending the coasts of Picardy, Normandy, Aunis, and Saintonge. Picardy (Picardie is an historical Province of France, in the north of France. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Aunis is a former province of France. It extended to Marais Poitevin in the north Basse Saintonge (and Niortais) in the east and Saintonge is a small region on the Atlantic coast of France within the département Charente-Maritime, west and south of Charente In times of war, it was his responsibility to assemble French merchant ships into a navy. He had to arm, equip, and supply the ships for the course of the war, and give letters of marque to corsairs. A letter of marque is an official warrant or commission from a Government authorizing the designated agent to search seize or destroy specified assets A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping In peacetime, he was responsible for the maintenance of the royal fleet (when one existed). He was also responsible for maritime commerce and the merchant fleet.

During the modern era, few admirals were sailors - moreover, with the exception of Claude d'Annebault, none of them actually commanded the fleet. Claude d'Annebault (1495 - 1552 was a French military officer and Admiral of France. It must be said that the actual power of the admiral was rather small, partly because of the creation of other admirals (the Admiral of the Levant for Provence, the Admiral of Brittany, and the Admiral of the West for Guyenne), and because of the creation of the General of the Galleys and the Secretary of State for the Navy. Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm is a region of southeastern France Brittany (Breizh bʁejs Bretagne; Gallo: Bertaèyn) is a former independent Celtic kingdom and Duchy, now incorporated into Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of

The title, like the title of Constable, had much more political importance (which would eventually lead to the suppression of both titles). It was also a lucrative position: the admiral was allocated a part of the fines and confiscations imposed by the admiralty, and he had a right to unclaimed ships and shipwrecks as well as a tenth of the spoils taken in battle. He also had juridicial rights, comparable to those exercised by the constable and the marshal. This was known as the Table de marbre, after the seat of the admiralty in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city A second headquarters of the admiralty was established at Rouen, and about 50 other headquarters were set up at various other places around the coast of France. Rouen (ʁwɑ̃ in French) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital These tribunals judged cases dealing with fishing disputes and any crimes committed in the country's ports.

The Admiralty was suppressed in 1627 by Cardinal Richelieu, who had been named to the newly-created post of Grand Master of Navigation and who wanted to bring all naval authority under one position. This article is about a cardinal For information on the Russian also called The Red Eminence, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. The position was recreated in 1669, but was now only an honorific title. The first new admiral was Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois, who at the time was only 2 years old. Louis de Bourbon comte de Vermandois ( October 2 1667 &ndash November 18 1683) was the eldest surviving son of Louis XIV Thereafter, only Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse involved himself in maritime affairs. Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse (1681 duc de Penthièvre (1697 d'Arc, de Châteauvillain and de Rambouillet

It was suppressed once more in 1791, restored in 1814. Currently, the last known Admiral of France was Trehouard de Beaulieu, in 1869.

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