The Prytanée national militaire is a French

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managed by the

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, offering regular

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as well as special preparatory classes, equivalent in level to the first years of

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, for students who wish to enter French

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. The school is located in western France in the city of La Flèche. At first founded in 1604 by the king

Henri IV Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...

, the school was given to the

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in the aim to "instruct the young people and make it fall in love with sciences, honour and virtue, in order to be able to serve". It then became the "Prytanée" wanted by

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in 1800.

History

From the Château-Neuf to the creation of the royal college

Françoise d'Alençon Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – 14 September 1550) was the eldest daughter of René of Alençon and Margaret of Lorraine, and the younger sister and despoiled heiress of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon. The sister and heiress of Charles IV of ...

, who had become a widow in 1537, decided to retire in her land of

La Flèche La Flèche () is a town and commune in the French department of Sarthe, in the Pays de la Loire region in the Loire Valley. It is the sub-prefecture of the South-Sarthe, the chief district and the chief city of a canton, and the second most po ...

, which she had received as a gift from her husband Charles de Bourbon.Pierre Schilte, ''Le Château-Neuf de Françoise d'Alençon'', Cahiers Fléchois no. 1, 1979. The old feodal castle, actually Château des Carmes, was too old and with no comfort, Françoise d'Alençon ordered the construction of a new building. The "Château-Neuf" (New Castle) was erected between 1539 and 1541 outside of the city, in the place of the Prytanée Militaire and following the plans of the architect Jean Delespine. Some recent new elements give a better idea of the original castle and garden.. In 1550, after her death, her son

Antoine of Navarre Antoine de Bourbon, roi de Navarre (22 April 1518 – 17 November 1562) was the King of Navarre through his marriage ('' jure uxoris'') to Queen Jeanne III, from 1555 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Bourbon, of which he ...

inherits of her possessions. With his wife

Jeanne d'Albret Jeanne d'Albret ( Basque: ''Joana Albretekoa''; Occitan: ''Joana de Labrit''; 16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III, was Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572. Jeanne was the daughter of Henry II of Navarre and Margar ...

, inheriter of the Kingdom of Navarre, he stays in La Flèche multiple times, as in February 1552 and then in May 1553, a few months before their son's birth, the future king

. On 3 December 1603, by letters patent sent from Rouen, Henri IV authorised the return of the Jesuits, who had been banned by the parliament of Paris in 1594 after the failed attack against the King made by one of their latter pupils,

Jean Châtel Jean Châtel (1575 – 29 December 1594) attempted to assassinate King Henry IV of France on 27 December 1594. He was the son of a cloth merchant and was aged 19 when executed on 29 December. On 27 December 1594, Châtel managed to gain entry t ...

. The King allows them to live in the places where they were before their departure and in other cities. Henri IV recommends them to particularly stay in his house of La Flèche in order to establish their college.. The first Jesuits priests arrive to La Flèche in the beginning of November 1603,. led by Pierre Barny, named rector of the college. In January 1604, the college welcomes its first students. From its first year, the college knows a success and counts around 1 000 pupils. Their number grows fast in the following years..

The Jesuit College (1604–1762)

The first Jesuits left

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on 16 October 1603, and reached La Flèche on 2 January 1604. They started to teach

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, rhetorics,

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, Greek,

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, philosophy, mathematics, and

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. A foundation edict was issued at Fontainebleau in May 1607, in which the building started to take its present shape. DescartesGraduationRegistry

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was one of the first and most illustrious students of the school from 1607 to 1615, and introduced the school in his

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under the phrase "I was studying in one of the most celebrated schools in Europe". The College continued to expand, and, upon the death of Henry IV, a vast church was built, in which the hearts of Henry IV and his wife queen Marie de Medicis were enshrined.

Missions to China and the Americas

Many of the Jesuit missionaries who went to the China during the 17th century had been trained at the College.Shenwen Li, p.45 Among them were

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, who became an early missionary to

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and became Minister of the College upon his return in 1614. When he went back to Canada, he was accompanied by Charles Lalemant, another alumnus of the school. Paul Le Jeune, also a student of the College, is considered as the "father of the Jesuit missions in

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", and was the Superior of the Jesuits in Quebec from 1632 to 1639.Shenwen Li, p.46 Others were Erard Bille, Jacques Buteux, Nicolas Adam,

Barthélemy Vimont Barthélemy Vimont (January 1, 1594 – July 13, 1667) was a French Jesuit missionary in New France, North America. Biography Born at Lisieux, he entered the Society of Jesus at Rouen in 1613. After his novitiate, he studied philosophy at th ...

, Paul Ragueneau, Claude de Quentin,

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. In China also, numerous students of the College became active participants in the missions. Three of the five Jesuits sent by

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to China were from the Collège:

Jean de Fontaney Jean de Fontaney (1643–1710) was a French Jesuit who led a mission to China in 1687.Mungello, p. 329 Jean de Fontaney had been a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the College Louis le Grand. He was asked by king Louis XIV to set up a m ...

, the Superior of the mission, who had been a professor of mathematics there and became rector of the school until 1710 after his return from China;

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, who was a philosophy student in 1676, became a teacher to the

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; Claude Visdelou, who was a repetitor and a teacher at the school from 1676 to 1678. Others included Guillaume le Couteux, Pierre Foureau, Charles de Broissia, Emeric de Chavagnac, Jean-François Fouquet, and Joseph Labbe. Around 1650, the College became a centre of cosmopolitan learning, as "Americans, Indians, Tartars, Russians, and even Chinese visited it". In 1751, two Chinese students were enrolled: Yang Dewang (Etienne Yang Tche-teh), and Gao Ren (Louis Kao Fen).Shenwen Li, p.37 PrytaneeXVIII

Cadets school (1764–1776)

In 1764 following the expulsion of the

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, after a lapse of two years, the school was transformed by

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and Choiseul into a military institution designed to train young cadets for admission to the

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, the "École de cadets ou École militaire préparatoire à l’École militaire du Champ de Mars". These efforts at creating military institutions followed military defeats in the

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(1756–1763). The school was reserved to 250 students of noble extraction, as well as sons of officers who were wounded or died in combat, and the sons of the Chevaliers de Saint-Louis.

College (1776–1793)

In 1776 the Count of St Germain attempted to close the school, but it was re-established by Louis XVI, who gave its management to the "Fathers of the Christian Doctrine" (''Pères de la Doctrine chrétienne''). Among others, they educated the future General Bertrand, who accompanied

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to Saint Helena, and the two Chappe brothers, who invented the aerial telegraph. The College was closed in 1793 following the advent of the

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. For a while, the buildings were used for a variety of purposes, such as becoming a cordonery for the Army of the Republic.

Prytanée militaire (1808–present)

On 24 March 1808,

renamed the school "Prytanée militaire", in a classic reference to the Greek

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(literally "Presidents"), an executive body acting as the religious and political heart of ancient Greek cities. As Napoleon had moved to Fontainebleau to establish his court, he had decided to transfer the "École spéciale Militaire de Fontainebleau" to Paris, and the "Prytanée de Saint-Cyr" to La Flèche. Since then various names were adopted for the school, such as "École royale militaire" (1814–1830), Collège royal militaire (1831–1848), Collège national militaire (1848–1853), Prytanée impérial militaire (1853–1870), Prytanée militaire and Prytanée national militaire (since 1870). During

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in 1940, the Prytanée had to be moved for a few years successively to

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, Valence, then

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Today

Today the Prytanée provides secondary education and also has " Classes préparatoires", that is, preparatory classes to the entrance examinations of the French elite

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, such as

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, the Navy

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, the Army École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the

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and various civilian engineering or commercial graduate schools. The school's students are nicknamed "Brutions", as a classic reference to the inhabitants of the

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region of Roman Italy, who had a reputation for their roughness and fighting spirit.

Insignas

The school grades received by students are even today symbolized by military insignias which are worn on the traditional uniform (''Uniforme de tradition''), starting with "Sergent-Major" (4 golden

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) for the top of a class, "Sergent" (3 golden chevrons), "Caporal-Chef" (2 red and 1 golden chevrons), and finally "Caporal" (2 red chevrons). Typically, the top ten students of each class during a given quarter would receive such insignias. Students also have colored shoulder badges for each year, attached to the daily fatigues ("Uniforme de travail"), starting with blue for the first year of high school, orange for the second, and green for the third. These badges can further be adorned with various small symbols and decorations, especially expressing the type of career to which each student is aspires. File:PrytaneeSergentMajorInsignas.JPG, Sergent-Major insignas File:PrytaneeShoulderBadge.JPG, Colored shoulder badge, with a "Navy" anchor

Famous alumni

The Prytanée has trained various military and non-military celebrities. In chronological order: * Marin Mersenne (1588–1648), theologian, mathematician *

Pierre Séguier Pierre Séguier (; 28 May 1588 – 28 January 1672) was a French statesman, chancellor of France from 1635. Biography Early years Séguier was born in Paris to a prominent legal family originating in Quercy. His grandfather, Pierre Séguier (150 ...

, statesman and Chancellor of France (1588–1672) *

, philosopher (1596–1650) * Comte de Guébriant (1602–1643),

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* La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680), writer *

François de Laval Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval (30 April 1623 – 6 May 1708), was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. Consecrated a bishop in 1658, he led the Apostolic Vicariate of New France from 1658 to ...

(1623–1708), first Bishop of New France * Jean Picard (1629–1682), astronomer * Joseph Sauveur (1653–1716), mathematician and physicist * James Fitz-James (1670–1734),

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and Marshal of France * du Petit Thouars (1760–1798), Navy officer, hero of the Battle of Aboukir Bay * Claude Chappe (1763–1805), inventor of the optical telegraph * Bertrand (1773–1844), General, follower of

at Saint Helena *

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(1780–1851),

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* Pélissier (1794–1864), Marshal of France * René François Regnier (1794–1881), ecclesiastical writer *

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(1795–1878), Marshal of France *

Antoine Brutus Menier Jean-Antoine Brutus Menier (May 17, 1795 – December 19, 1853) was a French entrepreneur and founder of the Menier family of chocolatiers. Born in Germain-de-Bourgeuil, Indre-et-Loire, he was the third child in a family of merchants. In 1811 An ...

(1795–1853), entrepreneur and founder of Chocolat Menier *

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(1797–1863), novelist *

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(1801–1874),

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(1804–1877), General * Courtot de Cissey (1810–1882), General *

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(1816–1897), General * Adrien Joseph Deutsch (1818–1895) *

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(1844–1871), Minister of War in the

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* Gallieni (1849–1916), Marshal of France *

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(1858–1900), French officer, conqueror of Chad * Georges Catroux (1877–1969), French general *

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(1880–1973), aeronautical pioneer * Émile Mireaux (1885–1969), economist, Minister of Education * Prince Husain Bey (1893-1964/9), Crown Prince of

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(1908–2002), General *

Pierre Guillaumat Pierre Guillaumat (5 August 1909 – 28 August 1991) was a Minister of National Education and Minister of the Armies under French President Charles de Gaulle and founder of the Elf Aquitaine oil company in 1967. He was born in La Flèche ...

(1909–1991), entrepreneur and statesman (Minister of the Army, Education) * Kléber Haedens (1913–1973), writer * François Missoffe (1919–2003), statesman * Jean-Claude Brialy (1933–2007), actor * Michel Virlogeux (1946–), architect of

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, the tallest vehicular bridge in the world *

Patrick Baudry Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry (born March 6, 1946 in Cameroon) is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astronaut. In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew ab ...

(1946–), astronaut * Antoine Compagnon (1950–), writer *

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(1958–), astronaut *

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(1974–2007), first French female fighter pilot * Rodolphe Belmer (1969–),

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program director general

Famous professors

* Pierre Laromiguière (1756–1837) *

Léon Fleuriot Léon Fleuriot (5 April 1923 – 15 March 1987) was a French linguist and Celtic scholar, specializing in Celtic languages and the history of Gallo-Roman and Early Medieval Brittany. Biography Born in Morlaix, Brittany, in a family originat ...

(1923–1987)

Notes

On vit arriver au Collège "des Américains, des Indiens, des Tartares, des Russes et même des Chinois", Marchant de Burbure (1803)

References

*Li, Shenwen, 2001, ''Stratégies missionnaires des Jésuites Français en Nouvelle-France et en Chine au XVIIieme siècle'', Les Presses de l'Université Laval, L'Harmattan,

External links

History and alumni of the Prytanée

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