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Duke of Sully

Type Figure Region France Time 1559–1641 Also known as 马克西米连·德·贝蒂讷、Maximilien de Béthune、Duke of Sully

Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (1559–1641), chief financial and administrative reformer under France's Henry IV;…

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  1. 1571–1598Throughout the Kingdom of France · FranceServed Henry of Navarre from youth, handled logistics and artillery during the Wars of Religion, and after 1594 received the lordship of Sully and entered the kingdom's inner decision-making circle.
  2. 1598–1610Paris · Île-de-FranceOversaw cutting the public debt, unifying the tax system, building roads and canals, and promoting agriculture and handicrafts, markedly improving the kingdom's finances in the decade after the wars.

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