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

Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (13 December 1623, Blois - May 1700, Venice) seigneur d'Argenson et de Vueil-le-Mesnil, comte de Rouffiac, was a French knight, politician and diplomat.

Biography

A son of René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson and of Hélène de La Font, he was made councillor to the Parlement de Normandie on 26 August 1642, was intendant subdelegate of his fathter in the elections at Saintes and Cognac on 1 November 1644, and in the généralité of Poitiers on 2 January 1646.

Made maître des requêtes on 4 August 1649, on the following 4 September he became conseiller d'État and replaced his father as French ambassador to the Venetian Republic, where he then lived until 28 November 1655. On 25 January 1654 the king of France elevated Rouffiac in Angoumois to the status of a county in Marc-René's favour. Marc-René obtained letters patent as honorary maître des requêtes on 14 February 1657. He was a friend of Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac.

On 8 May 1650 he married Marguerite Houlier de La Pouyade. They had 7 children :

• Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721), became lieutenant général de police ;
• Antoinette-Catherine (born 28 January 1654, Venice), on 17 May 1667 married Louis de Valory, chevalier, seigneur d'Estilly ;
• Françoise, died childless ;
• François-Hélie (born 22 September 1656), prior of Saint-Nicolas de Poitiers ;
• Thérèse-Hélène, died childless ;
• Marie-Scholastique (born 10 February 1661), Carmelite nun at Angoulême ;
• Joseph-Ignace (30 December 1662 - 1690), made a knight of Malta on 30 March 1666 whilst still a minor.

References

This article incorporates information from the revision as of November 2008 of the French Wikipedia.

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Date of birth	13 December 1623
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