Louis François Marie Le Tellier
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Louis François Marie Le Tellier Marquis of Barbezieux (23 June 1668 – 5 January 1701) was a French statesman.
(Charente
), he was the third son of the Marquis de Louvois
, War Minister to Louis XIV
.
After the death of Louvois, Louis XIV appointed Barbezieux to succeed his father and grandfather, becoming the third Le Tellier to serve Louis XIV at the War Ministry. Although talented, the 23-year-old neglected his office in favour of his pleasures. The King complained to Barbezieux's uncle, Charles-Maurice Le Tellier
, Archbishop of Reims
that:
Barbezieux was twice married, firstly in 1691 to Louise de Crussol (died 1694), daughter of Emmanuel II de Crussol, Duc d'Uzès, with whom he had one daughter, Anne-Catherine-Eléonore (died 1716), secondly in 1696 to Marie-Thérèse d'Alègre (died 1706), daughter of Yves d'Alègre, with whom he had two daughters, Marie-Madeleine and Louise Françoise Angélique Le Tellier (died 1718). The latter made a splendid marriage with Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne
, son of the Duke of Bouillon
and Marie Anne Mancini
. She died giving birth to a son, Godefroy Girault de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Château-Thierry.
Biography
Born in Barbezieux-Saint-HilaireBarbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.The commune of Barbezieux, with the neighbouring village of St Hilaire, forms the most important town in Southern Charente....
(Charente
Charente
Charente is a department in southwestern France, in the Poitou-Charentes region, named after the Charente River, the most important river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited.-History:Charente is one of the original...
), he was the third son of the Marquis de Louvois
François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois
François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois was the French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. Louvois and his father, Michel le Tellier, would increase the French Army to 400,000 soldiers, an army that would fight four wars between 1667 and 1713...
, War Minister to Louis XIV
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 the death of Louvois, Louis XIV appointed Barbezieux to succeed his father and grandfather, becoming the third Le Tellier to serve Louis XIV at the War Ministry. Although talented, the 23-year-old neglected his office in favour of his pleasures. The King complained to Barbezieux's uncle, Charles-Maurice Le Tellier
Charles-Maurice Le Tellier
Charles Maurice Le Tellier was a French Archbishop of Reims.The son of Michel Le Tellier and brother of Louvois, both ministers of Louis XIV. he studied for the Church, won the doctorate of theology at the Sorbonne, and was ordained priest in 1666...
, Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop of Reims
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reims is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese around 250 by St. Sixtus, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese around 750...
that:
Your nephew has talents, but he does not make good use of them. He prefers to dine with princes rather than work. He neglected his affairs for his pleasures. He leaves officers waiting too long in his antechamber; he speaks to them disdainfully and sometimes harshly.
Barbezieux was twice married, firstly in 1691 to Louise de Crussol (died 1694), daughter of Emmanuel II de Crussol, Duc d'Uzès, with whom he had one daughter, Anne-Catherine-Eléonore (died 1716), secondly in 1696 to Marie-Thérèse d'Alègre (died 1706), daughter of Yves d'Alègre, with whom he had two daughters, Marie-Madeleine and Louise Françoise Angélique Le Tellier (died 1718). The latter made a splendid marriage with Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730)
Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne was a French nobleman and ruler of the Soveriegn Duchy of Bouillon. He was the son of Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Marie Anne Mancini...
, son of the Duke of Bouillon
Duke of Bouillon
The Duke of Bouillon is a title of nobility. Until the nineteenth century, the Duke of Bouillon was the ruler of the semi-sovereign Duchy of Bouillon , a small state located between Luxembourg, Champagne, and the Three Bishoprics and centered on Bouillon.- History of the Duchy of Bouillon :The...
and Marie Anne Mancini
Marie Anne Mancini
Marie Anne Mancini, duchesse de Bouillon , was the youngest of the five famous Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes because their uncle was the king's chief minister, Cardinal...
. She died giving birth to a son, Godefroy Girault de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Château-Thierry.
Further reading
- Corvisier, André, Louvois. Fayard, Paris, 1983.