Montesquieu full name
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Montesquieu
French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher (1689–1755)
This article is about the French philosopher. For other uses, see Montesquieu (disambiguation).
Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu[a] (18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher.
He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word despotism in the political lexicon.[3] His anonymously published The Spirit of Law (1748), which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States in drafting the U.S. Constitution.
Biography
Montesquieu was born at the Château de la Brède in southwest France, 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Bordeaux.[4] His father, Jacques de
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Baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat
1. Life
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was born on January 19th, 1689 at La Brède, near Bordeaux, to a noble and prosperous family. He was educated at the Oratorian Collège de Juilly, received a law degree from the University of Bordeaux in 1708, and went to Paris to continue his legal studies. On the death of his father in 1713 he returned to La Brède to manage the estates he inherited, and in 1715 he married Jeanne de Lartigue, a practicing Protestant, with whom he had a son and two daughters. In 1716 he inherited from his uncle the title Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu and the office of Président à Mortier in the Parlement of Bordeaux, which was at the time chiefly a judicial and administrative body. For the next eleven years he presided over the Tournelle, the Parlement's criminal division, in which capacity he heard legal proceedings, supervised prisons, and administered various punishments including torture. During this time he was also act
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Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu was born to a noble family in 1689 at La Brède, near Bordeaux, in southwestern France. He received his education at the prestigious Oratorian Collège de Juilly in Paris and obtained a law degree from the University of Bordeaux in 1708. He continued his study of the law in Paris until the death of his father in 1713 whereupon he inherited the barony of La Brède and returned there to manage the estate. In 1715, he married Jeanne de Lartigue, a Protestant from a wealthy, landed family. They had three children together. In 1716, his uncle bequeathed him the barony of Montesquieu and therewith the presidency of the Parlement of Bordeaux. At this point, he became Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu and Président à Mortier in the Parlement of Bordeaux. In the latter capacity, he served as the principle magistrate of one of the highest institutions of justice: the Parlement. This particular institution served as an appeals court. In this role, Montesquieu possessed a unique opportunity to observe the French governing structu
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