How to Pronounce Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
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Dec 13, 1560 Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France Died on 22 Dec 1641 (aged 81)
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About Maximilien De Béthune Duke Of Sully
- Maximilien de Béthune, 1st Duke of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux (13 December 1560 – 22 December 1641) was a nobleman, soldier, statesman, and faithful right-hand man who assisted king Henry IV of France in the rule of France.
- Historians emphasize Sully's role in building a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques.
- While not all of his policies were original, he used them well to revitalize France after the European Religious Wars.
- Most, however, were repealed by later monarchs who preferred absolute power.
- Historians have also studied his neo-Stoicism and his ideas about virtue, prudence, and discipline.
