Urbain de Maillé, 1st Marquis of Brézé
Urbain de Maillé 1st Marquis of Brézé | |
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1835 portrait by Jérôme-Martin Langlois, commissioned by King Louis Philippe I | |
| Nickname | le maréchal de Brézé |
| Born | 30 March 1598 Brézé, Maine-et-Loire {(then in the Province of Anjou) |
| Died | 13 February 1650 (aged 51) |
| Buried | St Pierre church, Milly-le-Meugon |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service years | 1620–1642 |
| Rank | Marshal of France |
| Commands | Governor of Saumur 1626 Governor of Calais 1632 French Viceroy of Catalonia, 1641–1642 |
| Conflicts | Huguenot rebellions • Siege of La Rochelle • Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré War of the Mantuan Succession • Battle of Castelnaudary Franco-Spanish War • Battle of Les Avins • Siege of Leuven • Siege of Turin Catalan Revolt • Battle of Montmeló • Battle of Lleida |
| Awards | Order of the Holy Spirit |
| Other work | Ambassador to Sweden 1632 |
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.
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.