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Clement of Laage (1724 † 1794), lord of Bellefaye, councilor secretary of the king near the court of aid of Paris, in 1752, receiver general of the domains and wood of the generality of Orleans, general farmer in 1762, dean of the generals under the revolution [ first ] , was sentenced to death by judgment of 19 floréal year II ( ), then guillotined the same day, in Paris, in the public square of the Revolution [ 2 ] .

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Clément de Laage de Bellefaye was born in Saintes [ 2 ] l’and 1724.

He is the ten It is Child of the Union between Marie Madeleine de Roffay and Élie Jacques de Laage. His father is advisor to the king, receiver of the sizes of Poitiers, (born the in Jonzac) [ Note 1 ] , [ 3 ] .

Clément de Laage was born at the start of Louis’ reign XV . At the age of 30, he was appointed receiver of the Domains of the Generality of Orleans. In 1752, Clément resigned from his charge as a receiver of the sizes of Orleans in favor of his brother Jérôme, the 7 It is child. He was appointed receiver of the domains and woods of Orleans, then secretary of the king at the court of aid and finally lieutenant of the hunts of the captain and Duchy of Orleans.
Well in court, he married Marie-Madeleine Thérèse de Heere in the salons of the Marquise de Pompadour, at the Palace of Versailles, the .

During this period, Clément de Laage linked a great friendship with his cousin Étienne de Silhouette (ephemeral controller general of finance and Minister of State in 1759) who later made him universal legatee.

Helped by his relations in the field of finance, and in particular by Étienne de Silhouette, Clément de Laage bought a burner general.

He moved to Paris in 1763.
In 1763, at a time when Clément de Laage was appointed farmer general, the political situation of France is very dark, the taxes are high, the disparities are accentuated, the French geopolitical and economic situation was disastrous.

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Clément de Laage will inherit the fortune of Etienne de Silhouette and built the Château de Bry in particular by creating French gardens with the assistance of the most famous landscapers. He thus became lord of Bry.
In 1780, he moved to a mansion at Place Vendôme. Owner of the lordship of Bellefaye, he enlarged the land and promoted his development. He also acquired the Château de Beauregard in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, located in the current department of Val-de-Marne.

He became a member of the philanthropic society in 1784.

Under the revolution [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Revolutionary events will put an end to its privileges. THE , a commission made up of six general farmers, of which Clément de Laage is a part, is responsible for liquidating the general farm.

Louis XVI, also in a complex position, shares his projects to run away outside the national territory to the administrator of the royal treasury, Joseph Duruey, who is the stepfather of the eldest son of Clément de Laage [ Note 2 ] .

In 1793, farmers general was imprisoned, including his eldest son. They will be transferred to the Hôtel de la Ferme to complete their accounts.

Judgment of 19 floréal year II II [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Clément de Laage is guillotined in Paris on 19 floréal year II ( ), To 17 h , according to the judgment also targeting 27 other general farmers, including scientist Antoine Lavoisier [ 2 ] . At seventy years old, he was the dean of farmers general [ 4 ]

On the concierge, on the guillotine list, a transcription error designates it under the name of Clément Delorge.

He had formed the Bellefaye branch and wore the title of Baron de Bellefaye. This barony was sold to him in 1769. She had been acquired by her uncle Jacques de Laage in 1720. The castle of Bellefaye (well preserved to the present day) is located in Limousin in the town of Nouhant (Creuse). He was also known as lord of Brie-sur-Marne, Gaumont and La Barre [ 5 ] .

His wife, Marie-Madeleine Thérèse de Heere [ 5 ] , daughter of Pierre François de Heere, president of the Presidial of Orleans, and Marie Thérèse Seurrat de Bellevue, as well as sister of the knight of Heere, of which we have a portrait of Carmontelle when he was captain in the Colonel-Général Regiment [ 6 ] . She gave him three children: their eldest son, Clément-François-Philippe (1764 † 1824), also farmer General [ 5 ] , accurately escaped the guillotine. He had received his degree as a licensee in letters in advance, then married Anne-Jeanne-Josèphe-Antoinette Duruey [ 5 ] , whose father had meditated with Louis XVI some flight projects outside France; Their daughter Marie-Thérèse (1767 †?), Was married to the Marquis de Villeneuve de Vence, peer of France under Louis XVIII [ 5 ] ; Finally their last son, Fortuné (1780 † 1824), later passed in the colonies [ 5 ] .

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  1. ↑ Élie de Laage was born in 1625 in Jonzac, where his father, Jacques de Laage, exercises the function of tax prosecutor.
  2. ↑ Clément-François-Philippe de Laage, Baron de Bellefaye, born on first is May 1764, farmer general in 1784, emigrant, died in Paris on June 12, 1824. He had married, May 11, 1784, Jeanne-Josèphe-Antoinette Duruey. Among the different versions on the king’s flight to Varennes, it was said that Joseph Duruey would have advanced the king all his personal fortune, providing him with what to organize his flight, and that he would have been followed in this by a few close friends, including Clément de Laage. (Refer to the article dedicated to Joseph Duruey)

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  1. ↑ Henri Frotier Messelière , Breton filiations: 1650-1912, collection of direct filiations of current representatives of noble families, of armored bourgeoisie or most frequently allied with nobility, of Breton origin or currently residing in Brittany, since their oldest author living in 1650 , vol. 3 It is , Saint-Brieuc, René Prudhomme [ Imprim reissue. J. Floch, 1965 ], ( Online presentation ) , p. 337 ;
  2. ↑ A B and C Alcide Beauchesne , The life of Madame Elisabeth, sister of Louis XVI (1869) , t. 2 It is , Paris, Henri Plon, printer-publisher, ( read online ) , p. 330 ;
  3. ↑ Gustave Chaix d’Est-Ange, Dictionary of old or notable French families at the end of XIX It is century , t. 3 (Bas-Ber), Évreux, Impr. by C. Hérisey, (BNF  34209118 , read online ) .
  4. ↑ Messelière, ibid , T-3, p. 337-338
  5. ↑ a b c d e and f Léon Audebert At the moriner , The nobility of Saintonge and Aunis convened for the Etates-General of 1789 , Paris, J.-B. Dumoulin, ( read online ) , p. 318 ;
  6. ↑ Léon Audebert At the moriner , Chantilly: Carmontelle portraits , Paris, J.-B. Dumoulin, ( read online ) , p. 120 ;

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General works [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

  • Adrien Mentienne, History of Bry-sur-Marne of prehistoric times at XX It is century
  • Philippe-Joseph-Benjamin Buchez, Parliamentary history of the French Revolution, or Journal of National Assemblies, from 1789 until 1815, containing the narration of events … preceded by an introduction to the history of France until the convocation of the Estates General
  • Baron Henri Kervyn de Lettenhove, Some family portraits

Books relating to nobility [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

  • Catalog of the French nobility , Robert Laffont, Paris, 2007, by Régis Valette.
  • General table of A.N.F, Paris. 2007.

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