Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu

Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu (born v. 1530 - died the November 6th 1613), lord of Beaulieu, Longjumeau and Chilly, was a French politician of the end of the XVI {{E}} and beginning of the 17th century, which was Secretary of State of the Maison of the king (or Secrétaire of the king ) under Henri III, Henri IV and Louis XIII.

Biography

Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu was the small son of Guillaume Ruzé, Conseiller at the Parliament, and of Catherine Briçonnet, and the son of another Guillaume Ruzé, lord of Beaulieu. He had a brother, also fore-mentioned Guillaume Ruzé († 1587), which was to advise and confessor of the kings Henri II, Charles IX and Henri III, and which will be named bishop of Saint-Malo in 1570, then bishop of Angers two years later.

He began his career in the entourage of the king in 1551, near Henri II.

Martin Ruzé became, the September 25th 1576, adviser of the king and secretary of his finances and of the commands of the queen-mother (Catherine de Médicis). In 1578, after the resignation of Louis Valley, it was provided with the load of controller of the Chancellerie.

The September 15th 1588, with Blois, Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu and Louis Revol, “ faithful men of healthy reputation satisfy and accoustumez has to serve it of their first years although toutesfois as regards businesses of Court and the Council, they had never passed for skilful ” (Enrico Caterino Davila, “ Histoire of the civil wars of France ”), were chosen by the king Henri III to replace Nicolas de Neufville, marquis de Villeroy, Pierre Brulard and Claude Pinard, “drive out near its person the 8th day from September 1588”.

The April 10th 1589, it is named Grand Treasurer of the Ordre of the Holy Spirit to replace old the Secretary of State Nicolas de Neufville, marquis de Villeroy, fallen in disgrace, and it preserved this load until its death.

The April 15th 1589, Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu installed, in the name of Henri III, Philippe Duplessis-Mornay in the load of governor of Saumur. The ceremony proceeded in front of the door of the Arbor: Florent de Lessart, the former governor, faithful of Henri III brought the keys of the city, but, by spite or shame, it dropped them to ground. It is the secretary of the king, Ruzé de Beaulieu, which then collected them and presented them to the new governor.

In 1590, when Henri IV vainly besieged Laon, faithful to the party of the Ligue, which then had as a chief the duke of Mayenne, the king had near him Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu, Louis Potier of Gesvres and Louis Revol, while Pierre Forget of Fresnes was with Paris. It was established that Ruzé on a side, Forget of the other, made from time to time shuttles between the two cities, thus ensuring the connection between the king and the Parisian bodies of the government and the important administration.

In 1596, Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu buys the grounds of Chilly - Longjumeau with Michel de Gaillard. Not having a child, Martin Ruzé bequeathed his goods to Antoine Coëffier de Ruzé, marquis d' Effiat, his small nephew, who will become thereafter Surintendant of Finances (1626), then Marshal of France (1631).

In 1601, under the reign of Henri IV, Martin Ruzé, lord of Beaulieu, is named Large-Master of the Mines, and Pierre de Beringhen controller-general. Sully orders to them to form a charged commission to make studies and to direct the excavations in the Royaume of France.

The March 3rd 1606, Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu obtains Henri IV that one associates Antoine to him de Loménie, Conseiller of the king in his Councils, secretary of the Cabinet, which had been a long time its first clerk, to relieve it in its task, because of its age. The letters patent given to Paris this day carry that “ Roy gives the sior of Lomenie ledict estat and office of its Adviser secretary of Estat and his commandemens and finances that tenoit ledict sior of Beaulieu has condition of survival and without the aforementioned of Lomenie peust to claim aucuns pledges and proffictz there appartenans during the life dudict sior of Beaulieu to which they entirely appartendroient, the provisions are pure and simple and not by commission like those dudict sior of Beaulieu ”. Martin Ruzé, sior of Beaulieu, fill his task until his death the November 6th 1613.

Black the marble tomb, surmounted of a statue representing the late one knelt, of Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu, lord of Chilly, can be seen in the Saint-Etienne church of Chilly-Mazarin.

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