Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf

Charles de l'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf (22 February 1580 – 26 September 1653) was a French diplomat and

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. The marquis de Châteauneuf was the grandson of Claude de l'Aubespine, baron de Châteauneuf. He was made an abbé. He was French ambassador in

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(1609), in the

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(1611–1616), in the

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(1626), and in

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(1629–1630). He then served as the

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(minister of justice) from 1630, when he replaced Michel de Marillac, until 1633. During that time he was a member of the extraordinary commission that condemned to death the marshal Louis de Marillac and Henri, duc de Montmorency. He conspired with the duchesse de Chevreuse against Richelieu (1633), and was deprived of his office and imprisoned in the castle of Angoulême where he stayed for ten years. Released at the death of

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 ...

, he conspired again against Mazarin in the ', 1643. He was appointed again as Keeper of the Seals from 1650 to 1651. He died at the château de Leuville (

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'') in 1653. 1580 births 1653 deaths 17th-century French diplomats French marquesses Ambassadors of France to England {{KingdomofFrance-stub