Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France

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The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France was the chief ministerial post responsible for directing French foreign policy and diplomacy under the Ancien Régime.

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Secretary of State of France 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foreign affairs ministry position
government office
ministerial position
abolishedAsAResultOf French Revolution NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction France NERFINISHED
appointedBy King of France NERFINISHED
category Ancien Régime offices
Defunct government positions in France
Foreign ministers of France
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
existedDuring Ancien Régime NERFINISHED
reign of Louis XIV of France
reign of Louis XV of France
reign of Louis XVI of France
field diplomacy
international relations
followedBy Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
governmentBranch executive branch of the Kingdom of France
hasFrenchName Secrétaire d'État aux Affaires étrangères NERFINISHED
hasResponsibility conduct of French diplomacy
correspondence with foreign courts
direction of French foreign policy
management of relations with foreign states
negotiation of treaties
oversight of French ambassadors
oversight of French envoys
hierarchicalPosition senior ministerial office
historicalPeriod pre-revolutionary France
jurisdiction foreign relations of France
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Île-de-France NERFINISHED
officeHeldByHeadOf French foreign policy
officeHolder Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin NERFINISHED
Arnauld de Pomponne NERFINISHED
Charles Colbert de Croissy NERFINISHED
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes NERFINISHED
Germain Louis Chauvelin NERFINISHED
Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy NERFINISHED
Étienne François de Choiseul NERFINISHED
partOf Ancien Régime government of France NERFINISHED
Royal Council of the King of France NERFINISHED
precededBy King’s secretaries handling foreign correspondence
replacedBy Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
reportsTo King of France NERFINISHED
seat Paris NERFINISHED
Versailles NERFINISHED
usedLanguage French
Latin
various diplomatic languages

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House of Neufville de Villeroy positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France
subject surface form: Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
this entity surface form: Secretary of State of France
Étienne François de Choiseul positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of France