![]() ![]() Le Blanc first became Secretary of State for War in 1718, during the Régence. Appreciated by cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, his main achievement was the extension of the attributions of the gendarmerie in 1720, which he structured as a maréchaussée, with police duties throughout France. He served as the intendant of Maritime Flanders (Westhoek) from 1708–1716. He became councilor to the parlement of Metz in 1696, maître des requêtes in 1697, and intendant of the Auvergne in 1704 and of Dunkerque and Ypres in 1706. ![]() He had a brother, Cesar, who later served as bishop of Avranches, and another brother, Denis Alexandre, who became bishop of Sarlat. He was born in 1669 to a former intendant of Normandy, Louis le Blanc, and his wife Suzanne Bazin de Bezons. ![]()
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