Michel Chamillart

Michel Chamillart (Paris January 2nd 1652 - Paris, April 14th 1721) is a French politician.

Biography

He is resulting from a family of dress: his/her father Guy Chamillart is prosecutor then intendant. As much of its ambitious contemporaries, it begins his career like advising with the Parlement of Paris in 1676, before becoming Master of the requests in 1686, then intendant of Rouen in 1689 and 1690.

Appreciated by Louis XIV, with which it plays billiards, it is protected at the Court by Madam de Maintenon, which enables him to integrate the central services of the administration of the kingdom into Versailles. It is named General inspector of finances in 1699 and Secretary of State to the war the following year. It must occupy the functions of a Jean-Baptiste Colbert like General inspector of finances, and those of François Michel Tellier de Louvois, like Secretary of State to the war. These two stations are too heavy for its mean competences; also it is isolated businesses in 1708, with regard to finances, and in 1709, with regard to the war. Its administration and the choice of the generals during the War of succession of Spain (1701-1713) was highly attacked. Besides these detractors make circulate this quatrain:

“ Ci-to lie famous Chamillart ”

“ Of its king the protonotaire, ”

“ Which was a hero with billiards, ”

“ One zero in the ministry. ”

Considered very honest man, he, was written to Voltaire “neither policy, neither warrior, nor even man of finance. ”

Its family

Michel Chamillart is the son of Guy Chamillart, intendant in Caen. He has three brothers and a sister:

Jean-François de Chamillart, is bishop of Dol and Senlis and member of the French Academy.

Guy de Chamillart, captain with the guards, killed with the Battle of Walcourt in 1690.

Jerome de Chamillart (+ 1728), count and brigadier in 1694.

Michel Chamillart and his wife, Elisabeth-Therese the Wrong way (1657-1731), girl of a Master of the accounts have four children:

Michel II Chamillart (1688-1716), marquis de Cany, is equipped with the load of large sergeant of the Maison of the king. It Marie on January 12th, 1708, with Marie Francoise de Rochechouart, girl of Louis de Rochechouart, duke of Mortemart and Marie-Anne Colbert. After the death of his/her son, on July 23rd, 1716, Marie Francoise de Rochechouart remarie with Jean-Charles de Talleyrand, Prince de Chalais.

Marie-Therese Chamillart Marie with Louis d' Aubusson, duke of Feuillade, Marshal of France.

Catherine Angélique Chamillart (1689-1739) married with the marquis Thomas de Dreux-Brézé, on June 14th, 1698.

married Genevieve-Therese Chamillart on December 14th, 1702 with Guy-Nicolas de Durfort, Duke of Lorges, wire of the marshal Guy Aldonce de Durfort de Lorges.

Sources

Emmanuel Pénicaut, Favor and capacity with the turning of the Great century. Michel Chamillart, minister and Secretary of State of the war of Louis XIV , Paris : School of the charters, 2004.

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