Louis-Rene Caradeuc of Chalotais
Louis-Rene de Caradeuc of Chalotais is a Breton magistrate born with Rennes the March 6th 1701 and died in Rennes the July 12th 1785, which was public prosecutor of the Parlement of Brittany.
The Caradeuc family of Chalotais is a family of the noblesse de robe originating in Brittany. Among his members one can quote:
- Louis-Rene Caradeuc of Chalotais (1701 - 1785), Public prosecutor of the Parliament of Brittany, which was one of the main adversaries of the duke of Pivot;
- Anne Jacques Raoul Caradeuc, marquis of Chalotais (1728 - 1794).
Biography
Chalotais was named prosecuting attorney at the Parliament of Brittany in 1730 and public prosecutor in 1752.Savage opponent of the Jesuits, it submitted to the Parliament in 1761 a report on the constitutions of the Order ( Compte-rendu of the constitutions of the Jesuits ) which contributed to its suppression in France. In 1763, it published remarkable a Essai of state education , in which it proposed a program of scientific lesson intended to replace those of the Jesuits.
The same year began the conflict between the states of Brittany and the Gouverneur of the province, the duke of Pivot. The states refused to vote the extraordinary taxes requested by the governor in the name of the king. Chalotais was a personal enemy of Pivot. When the Parliament lined up at the sides of the states, it took the head of the opposition. The Parliament prohibits the lifting of taxes to which the states would not have agreed. The King cancelled this stop what involved the resignation of all the members of the Parliament except twelve (October 1764 at May 1765).
The Secretary of State at the House of the King, in charge of the businesses with the province, Louis Phélypeaux (1705-1777), count de Saint-Florentin, accepted two anonymous letters whose Chalotais was suspecté to be the author, which confirmed three experts in writing. Chalotais was stopped (November 11th 1765), like his/her son and four other members of Parliament. This arrest created sensation and one spoke about despotism. Voltaire forged the legend of the imprisoned with Saint-Malo and reduced public prosecutor, for lack of ink, to write its defense with a toothpick soaked in vinegar.
The November 16th 1765, a special subcommittee was named to judge Chalotais. This one pled the illegality of the lawsuit, supporting that as public prosecutor, it had the right to be judged by the Parliament of Brittany or, failing this, by that of Bordeaux, in accordance with the habit of the province. The judges did not dare to condemn it on the basis of expertise in writing and, to the end of the year, the things had not progressed. Louis XV then decided to evoke the business in front of the Conseil which exiled Chalotais with Saintes (1767). This sentence increased the fermentation of the spirits. The Philosophers, the members of Parliament, the Jansénistes supported that Chalotais was the victim of the vindication of the duke of Pivot and the Jesuits. Ultimately, the King agreed to point out the Breton members of Parliament who had resigned. The Parliament meets and claimed the return of Chalotais which ends up being granted in 1775 after Louis XVI had pointed out the old Parliaments, thus reconsidering the reform of the chancellor Maupeou. Chalotais was authorized to transmit its office to his/her son. He died in Rennes in 1785.
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