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Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (born 1529)

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Pomponne de Bellièvre

French statesman

Pomponne de Bellièvre, seigneur de Grignon was a French statesman, chancellor of France (1599–1605).
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Chancellor of France

Head of the judiciary of Ancien-era France

The Chancellor of France, also known as the Grand Chancellor or Lord Chancellor, was the officer of state responsible for the judiciary of the Kingdom of France. The Chancellor was responsible for seeing that royal decrees were enrolled and registered by the sundry parlements,…
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