|
François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
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). BiographyBorn 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
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small}