Events from the year 1612 in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Incumbents
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Monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
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Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
*Regent:
Marie de' Medici
Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...
Events
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Equinoctial France
Equinoctial France (French ''France équinoxiale'') was the contemporary name given to the colonization efforts of France in the 17th century in South America, around the line of Equator, before "tropical" had fully gained its modern meaning: Eq ...
'', French colonization efforts around Equator in South America
Births
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Antoine Arnauld
Antoine Arnauld (6 February 16128 August 1694) was a French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician. He was one of the leading intellectuals of the Jansenist group of Port-Royal and had a very thorough knowledge of patristics. Contem ...
, Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1694)
*10 August –
Charles de Grimaldi-Régusse
Charles de Grimaldi-Régusse (August 10, 1612 – November 6, 1687) was a French aristocrat, landowner and politician.
Biography Early life
Charles de Grimaldi-Régusse was born on August 10, 1612. His father was Pierre de Grimaldi and his moth ...
, aristocrat, landowner and politician (d. 1687)
Full date missing
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François Byssot de la Rivière
François Byssot de la Rivière (1612–1673) was an early figure in the New World, his presence being recorded at Île-aux-Ruaux in 1639 when the Jesuits took possession of the property. He married Marie Couillard in Quebec on 25 October 1648.
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(d. 1673)
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Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder
Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder, dit ''Louis Le Vieux'' (1612 –1689) was a French portrait painter who was the son of Ferdinand Elle.
Biography
Elle was born and died in Paris. According to the RKD he was one of the 12 men who were dissat ...
, portrait painter (d. 1689)
Deaths
*24 January –
Honoré du Laurens
Embrun Cathedral
Honoré du Laurens (7 March 1554 – 24 January 1612) was archbishop of Embrun in south-eastern France.
Biography
Honoré du Laurens was born in Tarascon, the eldest of the eleven children (ten of whom reached adulthood) ...
, archbishop (b. 1554)
*1 November –
Charles, Count of Soissons
Charles de Bourbon (3 November 1566 – 1 November 1612) was a French '' prince du sang'' and military commander during the struggles over religion and the throne in late 16th century France. A first cousin of King Henry IV of France, he was the s ...
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prince du sang'' and military commander (b. 1566)
Full date missing
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Thomas de Leu
Thomas de Leu or Leeuw or Le Leup or Deleu (1560–1612) was a French engraver, publisher, and print dealer of Flemish origin.Grivel 1996b.Préaud 1987, pp. 220–222.
Life
He was the son of a print dealer in Oudenaarde and began his career in ...
, engraver, publisher, and print dealer (b. 1560)
See also
References
1610s in France
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