François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil explained

François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Honorific Suffix:Marquis de Fontenay-Trésigny, Marquis de Breteuil
Office:Secretary of State for War
Predecessor:Claude le Blanc
Term:4 July 1723 – 16 June 1726
Successor:Claude le Blanc
Birth Date:17 April 1686
Birth Place:Kingdom of France
Death Place:Issy-les-Moulineaux, Isle-de-France, Kingdom of France
Predecessor1:Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers
Successor1:Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson
Term1:20 February 1740 – 7 January 1743†
Monarch1:Louis XV

François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquis de Fontenay-Trésigny, Marquis de Breteuil (17 April 1686 – 7 January 1743 in Issy) was a French nobleman and a minister for war twice under Louis XV. He was also Chancellor, Keeper of the Seals of France and commander, Provost and Grand-master of ceremonies to the Order of the Holy Spirit (1721–1743).

Biography

Born as a member of the Le Tonnelier de Breteuil family, he was the younger son of Marquis François Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1638–1705) and his wife, Anne de Calonne de Courtebourne (1654-1737).[1] He was the Marquis of Fontenay-Trésigny, sire de Villebert, seigneur de Breteuil, du Mesnil-Chassemartin, des Chapelles, de Villenevotte et de Palaiseau, baron de Boitron et de Preuilly.[2] He died on 7 January 1743 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France.

Notes and References

  1. https://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=en&p=charles+louis+auguste&n=le+tonnelier+de+breteuil
  2. Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine, p. 206, Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773–1842). Nobiliaire…, p. 360 et La Chesnaye-Desbois, article Le Tonnelier de Breteuil.