Jean-Antoine de Mesmes (premier président)
Jean-Antoine de Mesmes | |
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| comte d'Avaux | |
Detail from the portrait below | |
| Tenure | 1688–1723 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Jacques de Mesmes |
| Successor | Jean Jacques de Mesmes |
| Born | 18 November 1661 |
| Died | 23 August 1723 |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Therèse Feydeau |
| Issue Detail | Marie-Anne-Antoinette & others |
| Father | Jean-Jacques de Mesmes |
| Mother | Marguerite Bertrand de la Bazinière |
| Occupation | Premier Président |
Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, comte d'Avaux (1661–1723) was a premier president of the Parlement of Paris and member of the Académie française. As premier president he presided at the rescinding of the will of Louis XIV and in 1720 at the remonstrance against the regent, Philippe of Orléans, for allowing Law's disastrous financial scheme and appointing Guillaume Dubois as archbishop of Cambrai.