Intendant of Brittany
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The Intendancy of Brittany was an intendancy created in 1689 by Louis XIV
, after 2 attempts to do so in 1636 and 1647. The governor of Brittany
had a more prestigious role, but the intendant was the essential relay for the monarch's will.
In 1786, the headquarters of the intendance was displaced to Nantes
to remove it from the immediate influence of the parliament and the Estates General or their committees. The towns of Brest, Chateaubriand, Le Croisic, Dinan, La Guerche, Lamballe, Montfort and Saint-Brieuc sent letters of protest in reply to the letter that they had received from the community of Rennes ; the officers of the présidial
or the corporations joined this movement, as did the officers of the maîtres-perruquiers.
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
, after 2 attempts to do so in 1636 and 1647. The governor of Brittany
Governor of Brittany
This page is a list of royal governors of Brittany during the Ancien Regime.*Nominoe, 9th century*Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy from 1380*Jean de Laval, husband of Françoise de Foix, 16th century*Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier 1569-1582...
had a more prestigious role, but the intendant was the essential relay for the monarch's will.
List of holders
- Auguste-Robert de Pomereu, 1689-1692
- Louis de Béchameil, 1692-1705, put in place from the sub-delegates
- Ferrand de Villemilan, 1705-1716
- Paul Esprit Feydeau de Brou, 1716-1728
- Des Gallois de la Tour, 1728-1735
- Pontcarré de Viarmes, 1735-1753
- Le Bret, 1753-1765
- Jacques de FlessellesJacques de FlessellesJacques de Flesselles was a French public servant and one of the first victims of the French Revolution.On 21 April 1789, after serving as Intendant of Lyon , he became the last provost of the merchants of Paris, a post roughly equivalent to mayor...
, 1765-1767 - François Marie Bruno d'Agay, 1767-1771
- Guillaume-Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, 1771-1774
- Gaspard-Louis Caze, baron de la Bove, 1774-1784
- Antoine François de Bertrand-Molleville, 1784-1788
- François-Germain Dufaure de Rochefort, 1788 - resigned to the Directory on 31 August 1790.
History of the institution
(...)In 1786, the headquarters of the intendance was displaced to Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
to remove it from the immediate influence of the parliament and the Estates General or their committees. The towns of Brest, Chateaubriand, Le Croisic, Dinan, La Guerche, Lamballe, Montfort and Saint-Brieuc sent letters of protest in reply to the letter that they had received from the community of Rennes ; the officers of the présidial
Présidial
The Présidial was a judicial tribunal of the French Ancien Régime, set up in January 1551 by Henry II of France and suppressed by a decree of the National Assembly in 1790....
or the corporations joined this movement, as did the officers of the maîtres-perruquiers.
Sources
- Henri FrévilleHenri FrévilleHenri Fréville was a French history professor, resistor, writer and politician.-Life:...
, L'Intendance de Bretagne (1689-1790). Essai sur l'histoire d'une intendance en Pays d'États au XVIIIe siècle, Thèse. Rennes, Plihon, 1953. 3 vol. - Séverin Canal, Les origines de l'intendance de Bretagne, H. Champion, Paris, 1911, aussi publié par les Annales de Bretagne de 1911 à 1915.
See also
- intendantIntendantThe title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...