- Pierre Jeannin
Pierre Jeannin (1540 - 1622) was a French
statesman .He was born at
Autun . A pupil of the great juristJacques Cujas atBourges , he was an advocate atDijon by 1569 and became councillor and then president of theparlement ofBurgundy . He unsuccessfully opposed themassacre of St Bartholomew in his province. As councillor toCharles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne , he sought to reconcile him with KingHenry IV of France .After the victory of Fontaine-Française (1595), Henry took Jeannin into his council and in 1602 named him
intendant of finances. He took part in the principal events of the reign, negotiated theTreaty of Lyon withCharles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy , and the defensive alliance between France and theUnited Netherlands in 1608. AsSuperintendent of Finances under King Louis XIII, be tried to establish harmony between the king and theQueen Mother ,Marie de' Medici .References
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Berger de Xivrey , "Lettres missives de Henri IV." (in the "Collection inédité pour l'histoire de France"), t. v. (1850)
*Pierre Saumaise , "Eloge sur la vie de Pierre Janin" (Dijon, 1623)
*Sainte-Beuve, "Causeries du lundi", t. x. (May 1854)
*1911|article=Pierre Jeannin|url=http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pierre_Jeannin
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