Pierre (I) d’Orgemont ( – 23 June 1389) was a French politician of the

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era.

Life

Born , he seems to have been the son of Jean d’Orgemont, a middle-class man from Lagny who owned buildings on rue Saint-Antoine in Paris, or the son of the Pierre d’Orgemont who appears in the wills of

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and Philippe le Long. Pierre d’Orgemont studied law and began his career as a mere lawyer in 1340 in the

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where he was made master clerk in May 1347 then first president in 1355. He proved loyal to the French crown during

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's captivity in France after capture at the

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, notably during the revolt of the Estates General in 1357 led by

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. This gained d'Orgemont recognition from the dauphin, the future

Charles V of France Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise (; ), was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380. His reign marked an early high point for France during the Hundred Years' War as his armies recovered much of the terri ...

. On 20 November 1373 he became the only ever

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to be elected by a college of electors. This college had been summoned together by Charles V: Such a procedure was never revived by Charles' successors. At Christmas 1373, Pierre d'Orgemont was made a knight. He remained chancellor until his retirement in 1380, following the death of Charles, who made him executor of his will—he then became maître des requêtes to the parlement de Paris. He also contributed to editing the

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from 1350 to 1380. In 1384, he was made chancellor of the Dauphiné by

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.Histoire générale du Dauphiné, Nicolas Chorier, 1878, T1, p. 651 On 26 May 1386, he bought the lordship of Chantilly from the last Bouteillier de Senlis. He soon began to build an impressive moated

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, completed after his death by his son Amaury.

References

Bibliography

* Léon Mirot, ''Les d’Orgemont, leur origine, leur fortune, le boiteux d’Orgemont'', Champion, Paris, 1913 * Georges Bordonove, ''Les Rois qui ont fait la France – Les Valois – Charles V le Sage'', vol 1, éditions Pygmalion, 1988.

External links

Election of Pierre d'Orgemont as chancellor of France
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orgemont, Pierre D' 1310s births 1389 deaths People from Lagny-sur-Marne People of the Hundred Years' War Chancellors of France