Family

He was the grandson of René de Voyer, seigneur de Paulmy et de la Roche de Gennes, and of Jeanne Gueffault, dame d'Argenson. His father, Pierre, was the head of the comtes d'Argenson branch of the family.

Life

His first post was as councillor to the parlement de Paris, then as intendant

Intendant

The title of intendant has been used in several countries through history. Traditionally, it refers to the holder of a public administrative office...

 of the army during the siege of La Rochelle

Siege of La Rochelle

The Siege of La Rochelle was a result of a war between the French royal forces of Louis XIII of France and the Huguenots of La Rochelle in 1627-1628...

, intendant de justice to the army of the Dauphiné

Dauphiné

The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of :Isère, :Drôme, and :Hautes-Alpes....

, surintendant of Poitou

Poitou

Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.The region of Poitou was called Thifalia in the sixth century....

, ambassador, etc.

He was put in charge of several diplomatic negotiations by cardinal de Richelieu then by cardinal Mazarin, notably the annexation of part of Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

 in 1641 during the Catalan Revolt

Catalan Revolt

The Catalan Revolt affected a large part of the Catalan Principality of Catalonia between the years of 1640 and 1659. It had an enduring effect in the Treaty of the Pyrenees , which ceded the county of Roussillon and the northern half of the county of Cerdanya to France , thereby splitting the...

. Having become a priest a few days before his death, he died in Venice, where his eldest son Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1623-1700)

Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1623-1700)

Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson seigneur d'Argenson et de Vueil-le-Mesnil, comte de Rouffiac, was a French knight, politician and diplomat.-Biography:...

 had followed him as French ambassador. He was buried in the church of San Giobbe

San Giobbe

The Church of St Job is a Roman Catholic church in Venice, northern Italy, dedicated to Saint Job. It is located in the Cannaregio, overlooking the campo of the same name, known as Sant'Agiopo in Venetian, on the left bank of the Cannaregio canal at Ponte dei Tre Archi...

 in the city, with a tomb by Thomas Blanchet

Thomas Blanchet

Thomas Blanchet was a French painter, draughtsman, architect, sculptor and printmaker.-Life:During his training in Paris Blanchet met Jacques Sarazin, and on his advice moved from studying sculpture to painting...

. Among his other six children were Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson, vicomte de Mouzay

Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson, Vicomte de Mouzay

Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson, Vicomte de Mouzay was the French governor of New France from 1658 to 1661. He was a son of the diplomat René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson.-External links:*...

, governor general of New France

New France

New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...

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Works

• De la Sagesse chrétienne (On Christian Wisdom, 1640), translated into many languages

Source