François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil Marquis de Fontenay-Trésigny, Marquis de Breteuil | |
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| Secretary of State for War | |
| In office 4 July 1723 – 16 June 1726 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Claude le Blanc |
| Succeeded by | Claude le Blanc |
| In office 20 February 1740 – 7 January 1743† | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers |
| Succeeded by | Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson |
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| Born | 17 April 1686 Kingdom of France |
| Died | 7 January 1743 (aged 56) Issy-les-Moulineaux, Isle-de-France, Kingdom of France |
François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis de Fontenay-Trésigny, Marquis de Breteuil (17 April 1686 – 7 January 1743 in Issy) was a French nobleman and a minister for war twice under Louis XV. He was also Chancellor, Keeper of the Seals of France and commander, Provost and Grand-master of ceremonies to the Order of the Holy Spirit (1721–1743).
Biography
[edit]Born as a member of the Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family, he was the younger son of Marquis François Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1638–1705) and his wife, Anne de Calonne de Courtebourne (1654-1737).[1] He was the Marquis of Fontenay-Trésigny, sire de Villebert, seigneur de Breteuil, du Mesnil-Chassemartin, des Chapelles, de Villenevotte et de Palaiseau, baron de Boitron et de Preuilly.[2] He died on 7 January 1743 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France.
References
[edit]- ^ https://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=en&p=charles+louis+auguste&n=le+tonnelier+de+breteuil
- ^ Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine, p. 206, Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773–1842). Nobiliaire…, p. 360 et La Chesnaye-Desbois, article Le Tonnelier de Breteuil.
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