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Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Barbezieux, seigneur de Chaville et de Viroflay (19 April 1603 – 30 October 1685) was a French

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Biography

Le Tellier was born in

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to a Parisian magistrate, Michel III Le Tellier, and his wife, Claude Chauvelin. He entered the public service and became ''

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'', (a higher level lawyer, or'' 'procureur')'' in 1631 for

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.Encyclopædia Britannica (2009
"François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois"
Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 17 March 2009, retrieved 2009-03-17; In 1640 le Tellier was appointed Intendant of Justice for the French military stationed in

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. In 1643, owing to his friendship with the head French minister

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, he became Secretary of State for Military Affairs (known as'' 'Secretary of State for War' ''during that era), and was known as being an efficient administrator. He was active in the troubles associated with the aristocratic

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uprising, remaining loyal to Cardinal Mazarin and to the state. In 1677 he was made

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. One of his major contributions as chancellor included his transformation of the royal army into a considerably larger, more professional force that helped impose the absolute rule of Louis XIV, helping to ensure France's dominance of Europe. As Chancellor, he also reestablished, in April 1679, the teaching of Civil Law at the University of Paris after Pope

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had prohibited it on 11 May 1219.

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, Face aux Colbert: les Le Tellier, Vauban, Turgot et l'avènement du libéralisme, PUQ, 1987, p. 310. Le Tellier, who despised

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, was one of those who influenced

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to revoke the

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which had previously provided religious freedoms to them. He further encouraged the persecution of the

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s. He died in

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, 15 days after the revocation had been signed by

and himself. Le Tellier also amassed great wealth during his life and left two sons, one being famous statesman Louvois who also served France as Secretary of State for War, and who ultimately became one of the most powerful officials of the regime under his father's tutelage. Michel's other son

Charles Maurice Le Tellier Charles-Maurice Le Tellier (1642 in Turin – 1710 in Reims) was a French Archbishop of Reims. The son of Michel Le Tellier and brother of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, both ministers of Louis XIV, he studied for the Church, w ...

became the

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. Michel le Tellier's correspondence reside within the

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in Paris.

Children

* François Michel Le Tellier (18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691), marquis de Louvois, married Anne de Souvré, Marquise de Courtenvaux, and had issue; his son the Marquis de Barbezieux succeeded him as Secretary of State for War; his grandson

Louis Charles César Le Tellier Louis Charles César Le Tellier, '' Duke d'Estrées'' (2 July 1695 – 2 January 1771) was a French military commander and Marshal of France. Biography His father was (1663–1721), marquis de Courtenvaux, himself son of Louis XIV's War M ...

was duke of Estrées, minister, and Marshal of France, and one of his grand daughters married

Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne Emmanuel-Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne, cardinal de Bouillon (24 August 1643 – 2 March 1715, Rome) was a French prelate and diplomat. Biography Originally known as the Duc d'Albret, he was the son of Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergn ...

, the

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; amongst Louvois' direct descendants, we find

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, and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sissi). *

(18 July 1642 - 22 February 1710),

, a very influential leader of France's Catholic Church, and one of the main European bibliophiles. *Madeleine Fare Le Tellier (1645-23 June 1668) married Louis Marie Victor d'Aumont de Rochebaron, Duke of Aumont had issue; ancestress of

Louise d'Aumont Louise d'Aumont, ''duchesse d'Aumont, duchesse Mazarin et de La Meilleraye'', (Louise Félicité Victoire; 22 October 1759, in Paris – 13 December 1826, in Paris) was a French Duchess and a Princess of Monaco by marriage to Honoré IV, Prince ...

, Hereditary princess of Monaco. Present

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is a descendant of Madeleine Fare.

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