Guillaume Bautru
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Guillaume Bautru, comte de Serrant (1588, Angers
- 7 March 1665, Paris
) was a French satirical poet, court favourite and a protégé and diplomatic agent of cardinal Richelieu.
, conseiller d'État under Louis XIII and Louis XIV
, herald of ambassadors in the king's court, minister plenipotentiary and ambassador to the archduchess of Flanders
, and king's envoy to Spain, England and the Duchy of Savoy
. He was also one of the founder members of the Académie française
, to which he was elected in 1634.
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
- 7 March 1665, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
) was a French satirical poet, court favourite and a protégé and diplomatic agent of cardinal Richelieu.
Life and work
He was lord of LouvainesLouvaines
Louvaines is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France....
, conseiller d'État under Louis XIII and Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
, herald of ambassadors in the king's court, minister plenipotentiary and ambassador to the archduchess of Flanders
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain
Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria was sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France, together with her husband Albert. In some sources, she is referred to as Clara Isabella Eugenia...
, and king's envoy to Spain, England and the Duchy of Savoy
Duchy of Savoy
From 1416 to 1847, the House of Savoy ruled the eponymous Duchy of Savoy . The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the County of Savoy...
. He was also one of the founder members of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
, to which he was elected in 1634.