Jacques de Juigné

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Jacques de Juigné
Born
Jacques Auguste Marie Le Clerc de Juigné

16 February 1874 (1874-02-16)
Paris, France
Died12 February 1951 (1951-02-13) (aged 76)
Juigné-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France
OccupationPolitician
TitleMarquess
SpouseMadeleine Le Clerc de Juigné
RelativesHenri Schneider (father-in-law)

Jacques Auguste Marie Le Clerc, marquis de Juigné (16 February 1874 – 12 February 1951) was a French politician.

Early life[edit]

Le Clerc de Juigné was born on 16 February 1874 in Paris, France.[1]

Career[edit]

He served as the mayor of Juigné-sur-Sarthe from 1900 to 1944.[1]

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1906 to 1936.[1] He then served in the Senate from 1936 to 1941.[1] On 10 July 1940, he voted as a Senator in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

Personal life[edit]

He married Marie Madeleine Schneider, the daughter of Henri Schneider. They resided at the Château de Juigné. He also inherited the Château du Bois-Rouaud in Chéméré, Loire-Atlantique, from his uncle.[2]

Death[edit]

He died on 12 February 1951.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e French Senate: de JUIGNE Jacques
  2. ^ René Bourreau, Monarchie et modernité : l'utopie restitutionniste de la noblesse nantaise sous la IIIe République, Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1996, p. 159
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