François VI, Duke of La Rochefoucauld

Japanese: ラ･ロシュフーコー（英語表記）François VI,duc de La Rochefoucauld

1613‐80
A French moralist, he was born in Paris to a distinguished noble family. He married at age 14 and entered military service at age 15. Like many of the military nobles of his time, he spent his days either fighting on the battlefield or engaging in love affairs and political intrigues at court. During the reign of Louis XIII, he was involved in numerous plots against Prime Minister Richelieu, and was briefly imprisoned in the Bastille and exiled. After Richelieu's death (1642), he returned to court, but when the Fronde rebellion broke out, he joined the rebel army with his mistress, the Duchess of Longueville.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1613‐80
フランスのモラリスト。由緒ある大貴族の子としてパリに生まれる。14歳で結婚，15歳で軍務につき，当時の軍人大貴族の例にもれず，あるいは戦場で戦闘に，あるいは宮廷で恋愛と政治的陰謀に明け暮れる日々を送る。ルイ13世治下では宰相リシュリューに対する数々の陰謀に関係し，一時バスティーユに投獄され，追放処分を受ける。リシュリューの死(1642)後，宮廷に戻るが，フロンドの乱が起こると愛人ロングビル公爵夫人とともに反乱軍に身を投ずる。

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