Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye
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Daniel Voysin de La Noiraye (1655–1717), seigneur de Mesnil-Voysin, de Bouray, du Plessis, de La Noraye, de Ionville et de Lardy, was a French nobleman and politician. He was greffier
of the ordre du Saint-Esprit, chancellor of France from 2 July 1714 to 2 February 1717 and Secretary of State for War
from 9 June 1709 to 14 September 1715 in the government of Louis XIV.
He served as maître des requêtes
and was made intendant of Hainaut in 1688 (a county ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees
and which later became the département du Nord). In 1694, he was made conseiller d'État de senestre and was put in charge of the school for the daughters of Saint-Cyr which Madame de Maintenon had founded. He became director in 1701. In 1714, he was made chancellor of France and garde des Sceaux
, replacing Pontchartrain, who had fallen into disgrace.
Court clerk
A court clerk is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining the records of a court. Another duty is to administer oaths to witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors...
of the ordre du Saint-Esprit, chancellor of France from 2 July 1714 to 2 February 1717 and Secretary of State for War
Secretary of State for War (France)
The Secretary of State for War was one of the four or five specialized secretaries of state in France during the Ancien Régime. The position was responsible for the Army and for overseeing French border provinces...
from 9 June 1709 to 14 September 1715 in the government of Louis XIV.
Life
He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Voysin, seigneur de la Noiraye (+1672) and of Madeleine Guillard (c.1629-1700). In 1683 he married Charlotte Trudaine (1664-1714) - the couple had 4 children:- Madeleine Charlotte (c.1686-1729)
- Marie Madeleine (1690-1722)
- Charlotte (c.1692-1723)
- Marie
He served as maître des requêtes
Maître des requêtes
Masters of Requests are high-level judicial officers of administrative law in France and other European countries that have existed in one form or another since the Middle Ages.-Old Regime France:...
and was made intendant of Hainaut in 1688 (a county ceded to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees
Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed to end the 1635 to 1659 war between France and Spain, a war that was initially a part of the wider Thirty Years' War. It was signed on Pheasant Island, a river island on the border between the two countries...
and which later became the département du Nord). In 1694, he was made conseiller d'État de senestre and was put in charge of the school for the daughters of Saint-Cyr which Madame de Maintenon had founded. He became director in 1701. In 1714, he was made chancellor of France and garde des Sceaux
Keeper of the Seals of France
Keeper of the Seals of France was an office of the French monarchy under the Ancien Régime. Its principal function was to supplement or assist the Chancellor of France. Its successor office under the Republic is the Keeper of the Seals, a title held by the Minister of Justice....
, replacing Pontchartrain, who had fallen into disgrace.