Guillaume Bautru
French writer
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| Intro | French writer | |
| Places | France | |
| was | Poet Diplomat Satirist Politician | |
| Work field | Literature Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1588, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France | |
| Death | 7 March 1665Paris, Île-de-France, France (aged 77 years) |
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Guillaume Bautru, comte de Serrant (1588, Angers – 7 March 1665, Paris) was a French satirical poet, court favourite and a protégé and diplomatic agent of cardinal Richelieu.
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He was lord of Louvaines, conseiller d'État under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, herald of ambassadors in the king's court, minister plenipotentiary and ambassador to the archduchess of Flanders, and king's envoy to Spain, England and the Duchy of Savoy. He was also one of the founder members of the Académie française, to which he was elected in 1634.