Henri de Guénégaud



Henri du Plessis-Guénégaud, Lord of the Plessis-Belleville, Marquis de La Garnache (1610 – 16 March 1676) was a French scholar who was Secretary of State of the royal household, and Naval Minister.

Family
He was Son of Gabriel Guénégaud, Lord of the Plessis-Belleville 1638 and Marie La Croix, Dame du Plessis-Belleville 1655. He married Isabel de Choiseul; they had children:
 * Gabriel 1643
 * Caesar Phoebus +
 * Roger 1645
 * Claire Bénédicte 1646–1675
 * Henry 1647–1722
 * Emmanuel
 * Elisabeth Angelique

He was the brother of Claude's treasurer, brother-in-law of César d'Albret who married his sister Madeleine.

It was as secretary to Dubuisson Aubenay. He built the hôtel Guénégaud.

Offices

 * Secretary of State for the Royal Household in 1643 to 1669 under Louis XIV
 * State Secretary of the Navy 23 March 1643 to 1662 under Louis XIII and Louis XIV
 * Keeper of the Seals of the Order of the Holy Spirit
 * Advisor to the King and treasurer of his savings