Name Claude Blanc | ||
Died May 19, 1728, Versailles, France | ||
Claude Le Blanc (1669, Normandy – 19 May 1728, Versailles) was a French royal official of the ancien regime. He was an intendant in several provinces and was twice Secretary of State for War. Appreciated by cardinal Andre-Hercule de Fleury, his main achievement was the extension of the attributions of the gendarmerie in 1720, which he structured as a marechaussee, with police duties throughout France.
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