Paul Ph%C3%A9lypeaux de Pontchartrain

Paul Phlypeaux de Pontchartrain , lord of Pontchartrain and Villesavin, was a French statesman. He served both Marie de Medici and her son Louis XIII during a period of conflict between Catholics and Protestants in France, the French Wars of Religion. He was one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Loudun in 1616.

Paul Phlypeaux was born in Blois in 1569, son of Louis Phlypeaux, lord of La Cave and La Vrillire. His family could be traced back to the 13th century. His father had married in 1557 and had five sons and three daughters. The eldest, Raimond, lord of Herbault and Verger, became Secretary of the Kings chamber in 1590. Paul was the fourth son, born in Blois in 1569.

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