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Intendant Of Brittany
The Intendancy of Brittany was an intendant#France, intendancy created in 1689 by Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV, after 2 attempts to do so in 1636 and 1647. The governor of Brittany had a more prestigious role, but the intendant was the essential relay for the monarch's will. List of holders :* Auguste-Robert de Pomereu, 1689-1692 :* Louis de Béchameil, 1692-1705, put in place from the sub-delegates :* Ferrand de Villemilan, 1705-1716 :* Paul Esprit Feydeau de Brou, 1716-1728 :* Des Gallois de la Tour, 1728-1735 :* Pontcarré de Viarmes, 1735-1753 :* Le Bret, 1753-1765 :* Jacques de Flesselles, 1765-1767 :* François Marie Bruno d'Agay, 1767-1771 :* Guillaume-Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, 1771-1774 :* Gaspard-Louis Caze, baron de la Bove, 1774-1784 :* Antoine François de Bertrand-Molleville, 1784-1788 :* François-Germain Dufaure de Rochefort, 1788 - resigned to the Directory on 31 August 1790. Activity of the intendant Ordinances Extraordinary missions History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intendant
An intendant (; pt, intendente ; es, intendente ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in France, Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. The intendancy system was a centralizing administrative system developed in France. In the War of the Spanish Succession of 1701 to 1714 the French royal House of Bourbon secured its hold on the throne of Spain; it extended a French-style intendancy system to Spain and Portugal - and subsequently worldwide through the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire. Regions were divided into districts, each administered by an intendant. The title continues in use in Spain and in parts of Spanish America for particular government officials. Development of the system in France Intendants were royal civil servants in France under the Old Regime. A product of the centralization policies of the French crown, intendants were appointed "commissions," and not purchasable hereditary "offices," which thus prevented the abuse of sales of royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
