00:00Maximilien de Béthune, first Duke of Sully, born in Rony-sur-Seine on December 13, 1559 and died in Villebon
00:06Born on December 22, 1641, he was a Protestant statesman, a companion-in-arms of King Henry IV, of whom he became
00:12the nearest advisor.
00:14Superintendent of Finances 1598, Grand Master of Artillery 1599, Superintendent of Fortifications 1599, Grand Surveyor of France 1599, Governor
00:26of the Bastille 1602, Marshal of France by Louis XIII in 1634, he held the titles of baron 1578, then
00:34Marquis of Rony 1601, Baron 1602, then Duke and father of Sully 1606, sovereign prince of Henrichemont and Boisbel
00:411605,
00:42Marquis of Nogent-le-Rotroux 1624, Count of Moray and Villebon 1624, and Viscount of Meaux 1627.
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