Urbain de Maillé, 1st Marquis of Brézé
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Urbain de Maillé, 1st Marquis of Brézé (French pronunciation: [yʁbɛ̃ də maje bʁeze]) (1597 – 13 February 1650), was a 17th-century French soldier and diplomat, who was a Marshal of France, Ambassador to Sweden in 1632, and Viceroy of Catalonia 1641 to 1642.
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Urbain de Maillé, 1st Marquis of Brézé | |
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Nickname(s) | le maréchal de Brézé[1] |
Born | (1598-03-30)30 March 1598 Brézé, Maine-et-Loire |
Died | 13 February 1650(1650-02-13) (aged 51) Milly-le-Meugon, Maine-et-Loire |
Buried | St Pierre church, Milly-le-Meugon |
Allegiance | France |
Years of service | 1620–1642 |
Rank | Marshal of France |
Commands held | Governor of Saumur 1626 Governor of Calais 1632 French Viceroy of Catalonia, 1641-1642 |
Battles/wars | Huguenot rebellions La Rochelle; Saint-Martin-de-Ré War of the Mantuan Succession Castelnaudary Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659) Les Avins; Leuven; Turin; Catalan Revolt Montmeló; Lleida (1642); |
Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit |
Other work | Ambassador to Sweden 1632 |
His marriage to the younger sister of Cardinal Richelieu, French chief minister from 1624 to 1642, brought success and enormous wealth. His son held a number of senior naval positions, and his daughter married Louis, Grand Condé. He lost office following Richelieu's death in December 1642, and spent the rest of his life on his estates in Milly-le-Meugon, where he died on 13 February 1650.