Enguerrand de Marigny

Timeline

1. c. 1260–1285Marigny-le-Rocher · NormandyBorn in the Marigny noble family of the Eure region in Normandy, Enguerrand received an early ecclesiastical and courtly education and entered royal administrative circles through family connections, laying the foundation for his later control of the treasury.
2. 1285–1295Paris · Île-de-FranceIn the mid-to-late 1280s, Enguerrand entered Philip IV's court, holding key posts in the treasury and financial bureau, participating in auditing royal accounts, collecting customs duties, and coordinating financial pressure on Flanders, gradually replacing the practical influence of the late favorite Pierre de la Brosse's circle.
3. 1295–1314Paris · Île-de-FranceFrom around 1295 Enguerrand served as superintendent of finances, fully controlling royal revenues, promoting currency debasement, new taxes, and plans to levy on church property, and supporting the 1294–1303 Anglo-French war and Flanders policy financially, becoming one of Philip IV's most relied-upon chief administrators.
4. 1314–1315Vincennes · Île-de-FranceAfter Philip IV died in November 1314, Enguerrand was attacked by Burgundian-faction nobles and clerics at Louis X's court, accused of corruption, sorcery, and other charges, and hanged at Vincennes in April 1315 with his property confiscated, marking a dramatic reversal in late Capetian powerful-minister politics.