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Coat of arms of the Phélypeaux family
The Phélypeaux family is a
French noble family from Blésois region (around
Blois ).
Branches
Its two principal branches were those of the lords of
Herbault ,
La Vrillière , and
Saint Florentin , and of the counts of
Pontchartrain and
Maurepas . The family produced a number of individuals who played an important role in royal administration during the
Ancien Régime .
Pontchartrain-Maurepas branch
Paul Phélypeaux (1569–1621), founder of the branch of Pontchartrain-Maurepas, brother of Raimond Phélypeaux (see below); he became secretary of state in 1610.
Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs
Louis I Phélypeaux de Pontchartrain , son of previous
Louis II Phélypeaux (1643–1727), son of previous, marquis de Phélypeaux (1667), comte de Maurepas (1687), comte de Pontchartrain (1699), known as the chancellor de Pontchartrain, was a French politician.
Secretary of State of the Navy (France) ,
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi ,
Controller-General of Finances ,
Chancellor of France .
Jérôme Phélypeaux (1674–1747), comte de Pontchartrain, son of previous.
Secretary of State of the Navy (France) ,
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas (1701–1781), son of previous.
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi
La Vrillière branch
Raymond Phélypeaux , seigneur of Herbault and La Vrilliere (d. 1629), was treasurer of the Épargne in 1599, and became minister of state in 1621, and
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (France) .
Louis Phélypeaux (1598–1681), son of the previous; minister of state, and
Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs .
Balthazar Phélypeaux , marquis de Chateauneuf (1638–1700), son of the previous; minister of state and
Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs .
Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrilliere (1672–1725), son of the previous; minister of state and
Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs .
Louis Phelypeaux (1705–1777), son of the previous, count of Saint Florentin and afterwards duke of La Vrilliere (1770), succeeded his father as secretary of state.
Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs ,
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi .
Raimond Balthazar Phélypeaux , seigneur du Verger, a member of the La Vrilliere branch, was sent as ambassador to
Savoy in 1700, where he discovered the intrigues of the duke of Savoy,
Victor Amadeus II of Savoy , against France; and when war was declared he was kept a close prisoner by the duke (1703–1704). At the time of his death (1713) he was
governor-general in the
West Indies .
References
See also