About Guillaume Bautru
Lived 1588 – 1665 (aged 76–77). Guillaume Bautru was a French poet, diplomat and satirist.
Guillaume Bautru, comte de Serrant (1588 in Angers – 7 March 1665 in Paris) was a French satirical poet, court favourite and a protégé and diplomatic agent of Cardinal Richelieu.
Biography 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.
Bautru purchased the Château de Serrant in 1636 and began enlarging it, work which was completed by his son.
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French writer (1588-1665)
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Guillaume Bautru was born in 1588 in Angers.
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Guillaume Bautru died on 7 March 1665 in Paris.
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Guillaume Bautru was a poet, diplomat and satirist.
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