Henri de Guénégaud
Henri du Plessis-Guénégaud, Lord of the Plessis-Belleville, Marquis de La Garnache (1610 – 16 March 1676) was a French scholar who was Secretary of State of the royal household, and Naval Minister. He supported Anne d'Autriche during the Fronde and was made Garde des Sceaux in 1656, but was disgraced in 1669, when he was succeeded as Secretary of State by Jean-Baptiste Colbert.[1]
Dubuisson Aubenay, who later wrote a history of the Fronde, became his secretary in 1645.
In 1646 Henri de Guénégaud purchased the old Hôtel de Nevers on the quai de Nevers (just east of the Tour de Nesle), and commissioned the architect François Mansart to transform it into the Hôtel de Guénégaud in 1648–1652.[1]
Family
He was the elder son of Gabriel Guénégaud, Lord of the Plessis-Belleville (died 1638), and Marie La Croix, Dame du Plessis-Belleville (died 1655).
In 1642 he married Elizabeth (Isabel), daughter of the Maréchal Charles de Choiseul, Marquis de Praslin.[1]
Their children included:
- Gabriel 1643
- Caesar Phoebus +
- Roger 1645
- Claire Bénédicte 1646–1675
- Henry 1647–1722
- Emmanuel
- Elisabeth Angelique
He was the brother of Claude's treasurer, brother-in-law of César d'Albret who married his sister Madeleine.
Offices
- Secretary of State for the Royal Household in 1643 to 1669 under Louis XIV
- State Secretary of the Navy 23 March 1643 to 1662 under Louis XIII and Louis XIV
- Keeper of the Seals of the Order of the Holy Spirit
- Advisor to the King and treasurer of his savings
Notes
Bibliography
- Braham, Allan; Smith, Peter (1973). François Mansart. London: A. Zwemmer. ISBN 9780302022511.
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