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Guillaume Bautru, comte de Serrant (1588, Angers - 7 March 1665, Paris) was a French satirical poet, court favourite and a protégé and diplomatic agent of cardinal Richelieu.

[edit] Life and work

He was lord of Louvaines, conseiller d'État under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, herald of ambassadors in the king's court, minister plenipotentiary and ambassador to the archduchess of Flanders, and king's envoy to Spain, England and the Duchy of Savoy. He was also one of the founder members of the Académie française, to which he was elected in 1634.

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• Académie française

Preceded by Founder member

Seat 15 of the Académie française 1634-1665

Succeeded by Jacques Testu de Belval