Background
Pierre Jeannin was born in 1540 in Autun, France.
Pierre Jeannin was born in 1540 in Autun, France.
Pierre Jeannin was a pupil of the great jurist Jacques Cujas at Bourges.
Pierre Jeannin was an advocate at Dijon in 1569 and became councillor and then president of the parlement of Burgundy. He opposed in vain the massacre of St Bartholomew in his province. As councillor to the duke of Mayenne he sought to reconcile him with Henry IV. After the victory of Fontaine-Francaise (1595), Henry took Jeannin into his council and in 1602 named him intendant of finances. He took part in the principal events of the reign, negotiated the treaty of Lyons with the duke of Savoy and the defensive alliance between France and the United Netherlands in 1608. As superintendent of finances under Louis XIII. , he tried to establish harmony between the king and the queen-mother.
