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Bureau de la Rivière

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Aug. 16, 1400, Paris, France
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Bureau de la Rivière (died Aug. 16, 1400, Paris, France) was one of the trusted counselors, known as Marmousets, of two French kings, Charles V and his son Charles VI.

Made a squire in 1358 to the dauphin—the future king Charles V—Bureau was the closest companion of the king from 1360 until Charles V’s death in 1380. Bureau also served as provost of Paris and as premier chamberlain of France. In October 1374 Charles designated him custodian of the treasure and member of the council of guardians for Charles’s son. In 1376 Bureau acted as one of the French representatives at peace talks between England and France.

At the beginning of Charles VI’s reign, Bureau was temporarily banished because he objected to the plundering of the royal treasure by the king’s uncles. When Charles VI dismissed the uncles in 1388, Bureau, who wanted a return to the good administration of Charles V, emerged as the real head of government. During Charles VI’s relapse into madness in 1392, the uncles revenged themselves by confiscating Bureau’s property and incarcerating him after he was found guilty of opposing the duke of Burgundy, the actual head of government until 1388. Pardoned in January 1394, Bureau withdrew to La Tour-du-Pin.

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