Hugues de Lionne (October 11, 1611 - September 1, 1671) was a French statesman. October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... Events November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeares romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ...

He was born in Grenoble, of an old family of Dauphiné. Early trained for diplomacy, his remarkable abilities attracted the notice of Cardinal Mazarin, who sent him as secretary of the French embassy to the congress of Munster, and, in 1642, on a mission to the pope. View of Grenoble, 2002, with the snowy peaks of the Dauphiné Alps Location within France Grenoble ( Occitan: Grasanòbol) is a city and commune in south-east France, situated at the foot of the Alps, at the confluence of the Drac into the Isère River. ... Dauphiné is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present départements of the Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Cardinal Jules Mazarin, French diplomat and statesman Jules Mazarin, born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; but best known as Cardinal Mazarin (July 14, 1602 – March 9, 1661) served as the France from 1642, until his death. ... The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster by Gerard Terborch (1648) The Peace of Westphalia, also known as the treaties of Münster and Osnabrück, is the series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years War and officially recognized the United Provinces and Swiss Confederation. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... The Pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches. ...

In 1646 he became secretary to the queen regent Anne of Austria; in 1653 obtained high office in the kings household; and in 1654 was ambassador extraordinary at the election of Pope Alexander VII. He was instrumental in forming the league of the Rhine, by which Austria was cut off from the Spanish Netherlands, and, as minister of state, was associated with Mazarin in the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), which secured the marriage of Louis XIV to the infanta Maria Theresa of Spain. Events Ongoing events English Civil War (1642-1649) Births April 15 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. ... A regent is an acting governor. ... Anne of Austria Anne of Austria (September 22, 1601 _ January 20, 1666) was Queen Consort of France and Regent for her son, Louis XIV of France. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Alexander VII, né Fabio Chigi (February 13, 1599 - May 22, 1667) was pope from April 7, 1655 until his death in 1667. ... This article or section should be merged with Seventeen Provinces The Spanish Netherlands was a portion of the Low Countries controlled by Spain from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. ... The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed in 1659 to end the war between France and Spain that had begun in 1635 during the Thirty Years War. ... Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Maria Theresa of Spain (in French: Marie Thérèse) (September 10, 1638 - July 30, 1683), queen consort of France as wife of Louis XIV of France, was born at the Escorial as the daughter of Philip IV of Spain and of Elisabeth of France (1602 - 1644). ...

At the cardinals dying request he was appointed his successor in foreign affairs, a position he held from April 3, 1663 to September 1, 1671. Among his most important diplomatic successes were the Treaty of Breda (1667), the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) and the sale of Dunkirk. In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... The Treaty should not be confused with Charles IIs Declaration of Breda, 1660. ... Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... There were two Treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle. ... Events January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed. ... Dunkirk is the English name for the city of Dunkerque in northern France: see Dunkirk, France. ...

He died in Paris in 1671, leaving memoirs. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

He was a man of pleasure, but his natural indolence gave place to an unflagging energy when the occasion demanded it; and, in an age of great ministers, his consummate statesmanship placed him in the front rank.

References

• Ulysse Chevalier, Lettres inédites de Hugues de Lionne précédées d'une notice historique sur la famille de Lionne (Valence, 1879)
• J. Valfrey, La diplomatie francaise au XVIII siecle: Hugues de Lionne, ses ambassadeurs (2 vols., Paris, 1877188 1)
• Rochas, Biogr. du Dauphin (Paris, 1860), tome ii. p. 87.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Ulysse Chevalier (February 24, 1841 - October 27, 1923) was a French bibliographer and historian. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...