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The secretary of state of the Maison du Roi ( French: Secrétaire d'État à la 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. The exact composition of the ministry and the secretary's duties changed several times over the Early Modern ...
Officers of the Maison du Roi were directly responsible to the Grand maître de France (Chief Steward). Starting in the 16th century and then from the 17th century on, the Maison du Roi was overseen by a ministry, the Département de la Maison du Roi, directed by a secretary of state, the Secrétaire d'État à la Maison du Roi.
Each secretary of state was the head of a specialized department of state with a functional area of expertise (War, Foreign Affairs, the Navy, the Maison du Roi, Protestant Affairs) and a geographical area of expertise (several provinces). The secretaries gave council to the king, and countersigned (or co-signed) and expedited royal decisions ...
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Secretaries of State were also included with the Great Offices: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Secretary of State for War; Secretary of State of the Navy; Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi, who also oversaw the clergy, and the affairs of Paris. Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs
François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa miʃɛl tɛlje maʁki də luvwa]; 18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691) was the French Secretary of State for War during a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. He is commonly referred to as " Louvois ". Together with his father, Michel le Tellier, he oversaw ...
Furthermore, with the creation of the Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi in the 16th century, the Grand maître was forced to share some of his duties: in general the Secretary's oversight was purely formal, as the officers of the "Maison du Roi" were under the direct authority of the Grand Maître of France; yet, the "Secrétaire d'État ...
The maison militaire du roi de France, in English the military household of the king of France, was the military part of the French royal household or Maison du Roi under the Ancien Régime. The term only appeared in 1671, though such a gathering of units pre-dates this. Like the rest of the royal household, the military household was under the ...
Under the Ancien Régime the ministerial post at the head of the Maison du Roi was a Secrétaire d'État à la Maison du Roi (Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi). 1570-1789. 1570–1579 : Simon Fizes, baron de Sauves; 1579–1588 : Villeroy Brulard; 1579–1588 : Claude Pinard, seigneur de Comblisy et de Cramailles