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 Pierre Séguier entering Paris with Louis XIV of France in 1660, painted by Charles Le Brun, c. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent Charles Le Brun (24 February 1619 - 22 February 1690 was a French painter and art theorist, one of the dominant artists in 17th century France. 1670.
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Pierre Séguier (May 28, 1588 - January 28, 1672) was a French statesman, chancellor of France from 1635. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
Biography
Born in Paris of a famous legal family originating in Quercy. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Quercy (pronounced /kɛʀsi/ in French;) ( Occitan: Carcin, pronounced, locally) is a former Province of France located in the southwest His grandfather, Pierre Séguier (1504-1580), was président à mortier in the parlement of Paris from 1554 to 1576, and the chancellor's father, Jean Séguier, a seigneur d'Autry, was civil lieutenant of Paris at the time of his death in 1596. The office of président à mortier was one of the most important legal posts of the French Ancien régime.
Pierre was brought up by his uncle, Antoine Séguier, president and mortier in the parlement, and became master of requests in 1620. From 1621 to 1624 he was intendant of Guyenne, where he became closely allied with the duc d'Épernon. Jean Louis de Nogaret de La Valette (1554 - 1642 created Duke of Épernon, was a powerful member of the French nobility at the turn of the 17th century In 1624 he succeeded to his uncle's charge in the parlement, which he filled for nine years.
In this capacity he showed great independence with regard to the royal authority; but when in 1633 he became keeper of the seals under Richelieu, he proceeded to bully and humiliate the parlement in his turn. The title Keeper of the Seals or equivalent is used in several contexts denoting the person entitled to keep and authorize use of the Great Seal of a given country This article is about a cardinal For information on the Russian also called The Red Eminence, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. This article is for the Ancien Régime institution For the post-Revolutionary and present-day institution see French Parliament. He became allied with the cardinal's family by the marriage of his daughter Marie with Richelieu's nephew, Pierre César du Cambout, marquis de Coislin, and in December 1635 he became chancellor of France. In 1637 Séguier was sent to examine the papers of the queen, Anne of Austria, at Val-de-Grâce. For the queen consort of Sigismund III of Poland see Anna of Austria (1573-1598 For the queen consort of Philip II of Spain see Anna of Austria The Val-de-Grâce ( Hôpital d'instruction des armées du Val-de-Grâce or HIA Val-de-Grâce) is a Military hospital located in the 5th arrondissement According to Anquetil, the chancellor saved her by warning her of the projected inquisition. Louis-Pierre Anquetil ( February 21, 1723 &ndash September 6, 1808) was a French Historian.
In 1639 Seguier was sent to punish the Normans for the insurrection of the Nu-Pieds, the military chief of the expedition, Gassion, being placed under his orders. The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. He put down pillage with a strong hand, and was sufficiently disinterested to refuse a gift of confiscated Norman lands. He was the submissive tool of Richelieu in the prosecutions of Cinq-Mars and François Auguste de Thou in 1642. Henri Coiffier de Ruzé Marquis de Cinq-Mars (1620 &ndash September 12, 1642) was a Favourite of King Louis XIII of France His authority survived the changes following on the successive deaths of Richelieu and Louis XIII, and he was the faithful servant of Anne of Austria and of Mazarin. For the cognac see Louis XIII de Rémy Martin. Louis XIII ( September 27, 1601 – May 14, 1643) Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino ( July 14 1602 &ndash March 9 1661) was an accomplished French statesman His resolute attitude towards the parlement of Paris made the chancellor one of the chief objects of the hatred of the Frondeurs.
On August 25, 1648, Séguier was sent to the parlement to regulate its proceedings. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the On the way he was assailed by rioters on the Pont-Neuf, and sought refuge in the house of Louis Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes. The Pont Neuf, French for the "New Bridge" is the oldest standing Bridge across the river Seine in Paris. In the course of the concessions made to the Fronde in 1650, Séguier was dismissed from his office of keeper of the seals. La Fronde (1648–1653 was a Civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635
He spent part of his retirement at Rosny, with his second daughter Charlotte and her husband, the duke of Sully. He was recalled in April 1651, but six months later, on the king's attaining his majority, Séguier was again disgraced, and the seals were given to President Mathieu Molé, who held them with a short interval till his death in 1656, when they were returned to Séguier. This article is about the 17th-century French statesman There is also an article on 19th-century French statesman Louis Mathieu Molé at Louis comte Molé. Séguier lived for some time in extreme retirement in Paris, devoting himself to the affairs of the academy.
When Paris was occupied by the princes in 1652, he was for a short time a member of their council, but he joined the king at Pontoise in August, and became president of the royal council. Pontoise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. After Mazarin's death in 1661 Séguier retained but a shadow of his former authority. He showed a great violence in his conduct of the case against Fouquet, voting for the death of the prisoner. Nicolas Fouquet marquis de Belle-Isle viscomte de Melun et Vaux ( January 27, 1615 – March 23, 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances
In 1666 he was placed at the head of a commission called to simplify the police organization, especially that of Paris; and the consequent ordinances of 1667 and 1670 for the better administration of justice were drawn up by him.
He died at St Germain in 1672.
Culture
Séguier was a man of great learning, and throughout his life a patron of literature. In December 1642 he succeeded Richelieu as official "protector" of the Académie française, which from that time until his death held its sessions in his house. L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. His library was one of the most valuable of his time, only second, perhaps, to the royal collection. It contained no less than 4000 manuscripts in various languages, the most important section of them being the Greek manuscripts. A catalogue was drawn up in Latin and in French (1685-1686) by the duc de Coislin. The chancellor's great-grandson, Henri Charles du Cambout de Coislin, bishop of Metz, commissioned Bernard de Montfaucon, a Benedictine of the Congregation of St Maur, to prepare a catalogue of the Greek manuscripts. Bernard de Montfaucon ( January 13, 1655, Aube, France - December 21, 1741) was a French Benedictine monk Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in The Congregation of St Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known with commentaries. This work was published in folio 1715, as Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana. . . . The greater part of the printed books were destroyed by fire, in the abbey of St Germain-des-Prés, in 1794. Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an area of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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