Antoine Arnauld (lawyer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antoine Arnauld (lawyer)

lawyer

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1560

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1619

Profession: lawyer, magistrate, opinion journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Antoine Arnauld (August 6, 1560, Paris – 29 December 1619, Paris) was a lawyer in the Parlement de Paris, and a Counsellor of State under Henry IV.
A skilled orator, his most famous speech was in 1594 in favor of the University of Paris and against the Jesuits, decrying their lack of support for Henry IV, newly converted from Protestantism to Catholicism.
He wrote a number of political pamphlets which were widely distributed.
The best known of his writings is entitled Le franc et véritable discours du Roi sur le rétablissement qui lui est demandé des Jésuites (1602).
He was married to Catherine Marion de Druy and had twenty children by her, ten of whom survived him.