Minister for the Maison du Roi
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The Minister for the Maison du Roi was a cabinet role under the French monarchy, conferring leadership of the Maison du Roi
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had no household and thus there was no minister for the Maison du Roi under the July Monarchy
. However, there was an intendant général of the civil list
, who was not a member of the government.
Maison du Roi
The Maison du Roi was the name of the military, domestic and religious entourage around the royal family in France during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration; the exact composition and duties of its various divisions changed constantly over the Early Modern period...
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Ancien Régime
Under the Ancien Régime the ministerial post at the head of the Maison du Roi was a Secretary of State of the Maison du RoiSecretary of State of the Maison du Roi
The Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi was the secretary of state in France during the "Ancien Régime" and Bourbon Restoration in charge of the Département de la Maison du Roi...
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1570-1789
- 1570-1579 : Simon Fizes, baron de SauvesSimon Fizes, baron de SauvesSimon Fizes, baron de Sauves was a Secretary of State under Charles IX of France, and Henry III of France.-Life:Originally from the region of Pézenas, he was the son of peasants taught by the church clerk , Jean de Rocoles; he became secretary to the Keeper, Jean Bertrand.In 1553, he became a...
- 1579-1588 : Villeroy Brulard
- 1579-1588 : Claude PinardClaude PinardClaude Pinard is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He serves as Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Saint-Maurice in the Mauricie region from 1994 to 2007 and since the 2008 provincial elections.-Background:...
,seigneur de Comblisy et de Cramailles - 1588-1613 : Martin RuzéMartin Ruzé de BeaulieuMartin Ruzé de Beaulieu, Lord of Beaulieu of Longjumeau and Chilly was a French politician of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, who was Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi under Henry III of France, Henry IV of France and Louis XIII.-Biography :He was the son of William Ruzé,...
, Seigneur de Beaulieu - 1588-1594 : Louis de RevolLouis de RevolLouis De Revol was the first French Foreign Minister from 1589 until his death in 1594. He is considered world's first foreign minister entrusted with all foreign relations.-Life and career:...
- 1606-1638 : Antoine de LoménieAntoine de LoménieAntoine de Lomenie, lord of La Ville-aux-Clerics was a Secretary of the Navy under Louis XIII of 7 November 1613 to 10 August 1615, and Ambassador Extraordinary of France to England....
- 1615-1643 : Henri Auguste de Loménie, sieur de Brienne
- 1643-1669 : Henri du Plessis-Guénégaud, sieur du Plessis-Belleville
- 1669-1683 : Jean-Baptiste ColbertJean-Baptiste ColbertJean-Baptiste Colbert was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His relentless hard work and thrift made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing...
, également contrôleur général des finances - 1672-1690 : Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Seignelay
- 1690-1699 : Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727)Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727)Louis Phélypeaux , marquis de Phélypeaux , comte de Maurepas , comte de Pontchartrain , known as the chancellor de Pontchartrain, was a French politician....
, comte de Pontchartrain - 1693-1715 : Jérôme PhélypeauxJérôme PhélypeauxJérôme Phélypeaux , comte de Pontchartrain, was a French politician, son of Louis Phélypeaux.He served as a councillor to the parlement of Paris from 1692, and served with his father as Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi and Navy Minster from 1699 onwards...
, comte de Pontchartrain - 1715-1718 : Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1725), marquis de La Vrillière
- 1718-1749 : Jean Frédéric Phélypeaux, marquis de Maurepas
- 1749-1775 : Louis Phélypeaux (1705-1777)Louis Phélypeaux (1705-1777)Louis Phélypeaux comte de Saint-Florentin, marquis and duc de La Vrillière , was a French politician.Son of Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière, and Françoise de Mailly-Nesle , he succeeded his father as minister for the "so-called Reformed religion", that is with responsibility for Huguenots...
, marquis de La Vrillière, comte de Saint-Florentin - 1775-1776 : Chrétien-Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
- 1776-1783 : Antoine-Jean Amelot de ChaillouAntoine-Jean Amelot de ChaillouAntoine-Jean Amelot de Chaillou was a French politician....
- 1783-1787 : Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de BreteuilLouis Auguste Le Tonnelier de BreteuilLouis Charles Auguste le Tonnelier, baron de Breteuil, baron de Preuilly was a French aristocrat, diplomat, statesman and politician...
- 1788-1789 : Pierre-Charles Laurent de Villedeuil
Constitutional monarchy
- 19 July 1789 - 25 January 1791 : François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest.
Bourbon Restoration
- 29 May 1814 - 20 March 1815 : Pierre Jean Casimir, duc de Blacas d'Aulps
- 1 November 1820 - 4 August 1824 : Jacques Alexandre Law de Lauriston
- 4 August 1824 - 4 January 1828 : Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville.
July Monarchy
Louis-Philippe of FranceLouis-Philippe of France
Louis Philippe I was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 in what was known as the July Monarchy. His father was a duke who supported the French Revolution but was nevertheless guillotined. Louis Philippe fled France as a young man and spent 21 years in exile, including considerable time in the...
had no household and thus there was no minister for the Maison du Roi under the July Monarchy
July Monarchy
The July Monarchy , officially the Kingdom of France , was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848...
. However, there was an intendant général of the civil list
Civil list of the July Monarchy
The civil list of the July Monarchy was a civil list set up by Louis Philippe of France under the July Monarchy by a law of 2 March 1832, on the model of the civil list in the United Kingdom. This law decreed that its amount be 12 million francs annually, along with 1 million annually for the...
, who was not a member of the government.
- 10 October 1830 - 2 November 1830 : Camille de Montalivet (provisional intendant of crown grants)
- 2 November 1830 - 10 October 1832 : Agathon Jean François FainAgathon Jean Francois FainAgathon Jean François Fain was a French historian.He was born in Paris, France. Having gained admittance to the offices of the Directory, he became head of a département. Under the French Consulate he entered the office of the secretary of state, in the department of the archives...
- 10 October 1832 - 22 February 1836 : Camille de Montalivet
- 22 February 1836 - 6 September 1836 : Agathon Jean François FainAgathon Jean Francois FainAgathon Jean François Fain was a French historian.He was born in Paris, France. Having gained admittance to the offices of the Directory, he became head of a département. Under the French Consulate he entered the office of the secretary of state, in the department of the archives...
- 6 September 1836 - 15 April 1837 : Camille de Montalivet
- 15 April 1837 - 31 March 1839 : Pierre-Marie Taillepied de Bondy
- 31 March 1839 - 2 February 1848 : Camille de Montalivet
Second Empire
- 14 December 1852 - 23 November 1860 : Achille FouldAchille FouldAchille Fould was a French financier and politician.Born in Paris, the son of a successful Jewish banker, he was associated with and afterwards succeeded his father in the management of the business. As early as 1842 he entered political life, having been elected in that year as a deputy for the...
- 4 December 1860 - 10 August 1870 : Jean-Baptiste Philibert VaillantJean-Baptiste Philibert VaillantJean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant, 1st Comte Vaillant , born in Dijon, was a Marshal of France.Vaillant entered the French army in 1809 in the corps of engineers. He served in the Russian campaign of 1812 and the next year became a prisoner of war after the Battle of Kulm. During the Hundred Days...