The Duke of La Vrillière | |
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 Portrait byLouis-Michel van Loo | |
| Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi | |
| In office 1749 – 1775 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XV (to 1774) Louis XVI (from 1774) |
| Preceded by | Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux |
| Succeeded by | Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 24 December 1770 – 6 June 1771 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Étienne François de Choiseul |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu |
| ActingSecretary of State for War | |
| In office 24 December 1770 – 4 January 1771 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Étienne François de Choiseul |
| Succeeded by | Louis François de Monteynard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1705-08-18)18 August 1705 |
| Died | 27 February 1777(1777-02-27) (aged 71) Paris, Kingdom of France |
LouisPhélypeaux (French pronunciation:[lwifelipo]; 18 August 1705 – 27 February 1777[1]) Count of Saint-Florentin, Marquis (1725) and Duke of La Vrillière (1770), was a Frenchpolitician.
Born 18 August 1705,[2] in Paris, toLouis Phélypeaux, Marquis de La Vrillière, andFrançoise de Mailly-Nesle (1688–1742), he succeeded his father asSecretary of State for Protestant Affairs, with responsibility forHuguenots. Appointed minister for theDepartment of the Maison du Roi byLouis XV in 1749, he held the post until 1775, setting a record for ministerial service. He was named to theOrder of the Holy Spirit, where he served as chancellor.[3] After the dismissal ofChoiseul in December 1770, he served asForeign Minister until June 1771.[4] His use oflettres de cachet in theLa Chalotais case was controversial and he resigned his ministerial posts in 1775. He died on 27 February 1777, aged 71, in Paris
In 1724, he married Amélie Ernestine de Platen (d. 1752).[5] He hadChalgrin design the Hôtel de Saint-Florentin. This later passed toTalleyrand and toJames Mayer de Rothschild, and is now part of theAmerican Embassy, Paris.
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