{"id":15320,"date":"2025-11-07T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/?p=15320"},"modified":"2025-12-04T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:40:41","slug":"pierre-victor-de-besenval-1721-1791-une-vie-au-service-de-la-france-ein-leben-im-dienst-der-franzosischen-krone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/pierre-victor-de-besenval-1721-1791-une-vie-au-service-de-la-france-ein-leben-im-dienst-der-franzosischen-krone\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Victor de Besenval (1721-1791). Une vie au service du roi de France\/Ein Leben im Dienst der franz\u00f6sischen Krone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Un Soleurois devenu le plus fran\u00e7ais des Suisses au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Fruit d\u2019un colloque international, cet ouvrage bilingue largement illustr\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 dirig\u00e9 par Andreas Affolter (Schloss Waldegg) et Guillaume Poisson (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/ibc\/fr\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institut Benjamin Constant<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ce volume propose de retracer la vie et l\u2019\u0153uvre d&rsquo;un Suisse peu connu, dont le r\u00f4le historique fut pourtant remarquable \u00e0 la veille de la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise. Pierre-Victor de Besenval, n\u00e9 \u00e0 Soleure en 1721, a en effet exerc\u00e9 les plus hautes fonctions militaires au service de la couronne de France. Des sources in\u00e9dites (manuscrites et iconographiques) permettent d\u2019\u00e9clairer le brillant parcours de cet homme qui ne s&rsquo;est pas seulement distingu\u00e9 par les armes, mais qui fut aussi un courtisan, m\u00e9c\u00e8ne et collectionneur d&rsquo;art de premier plan, sans oublier ses talents litt\u00e9raires (contes, m\u00e9moires\u2026). Ce n&rsquo;est par hasard si le si\u00e8ge actuel de l&rsquo;Ambassade de Suisse \u00e0 Paris est situ\u00e9 dans l&rsquo;ancien h\u00f4tel particulier de cet Helv\u00e8te francophile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andreas Affolter, Guillaume Poisson (\u00e9ds), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/schloss-waldegg.so.ch\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pierre-Victor de Besenval (1721-1791). Une vie au service du roi de France \/ Ein Leben im Dienst der franz\u00f6sischen Krone<\/a><\/em>, Lausanne \/ Soleure, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d&rsquo;Histoire de la Suisse romande \/ Stiftung Schloss Waldegg, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ibc-pv-de-besenval-1.png\" alt=\"Couverture de Pierre-Victor de Besenval (1721-1791). Une vie au service de la France\/Ein Leben im Dienst der Franz\u00f6sischen Krone\" class=\"wp-image-15322\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ibc-pv-de-besenval-1.png 585w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ibc-pv-de-besenval-1-435x598.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ON EN PARLE DANS LES M\u00c9DIAS<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/fre\/histoire\/quand-la-monarchie-fran%C3%A7aise-%C3%A9tait-d%C3%A9fendue-par-un-soleurois\/88772251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quand la monarchie fran\u00e7aise \u00e9tait d\u00e9fendue par un\u2026 Soleurois<\/a>, SwissInfo, 05.02.2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solothurnerzeitung.ch\/solothurn\/kanton-solothurn\/auf-einen-kaffee-mit-was-waldegg-kurator-andreas-affolter-so-alles-weiss-man-kann-jetzt-mit-baron-besenval-duschen-gehen-ld.2732338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Was Waldegg-Kurator Andreas Affolter so alles weiss: \u00abMan kann jetzt mit Baron Besenval duschen gehen\u00bb<\/a>, <em>Solothurner Zeitung<\/em>, 07.02.2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/allezsavoir\/pierre-victor-le-plus-parisien-des-soleurois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pierre-Victor, le plus Parisien des Soleurois<\/a>, <em>Allez Savoir!<\/em> Le magazine de l\u2019UNIL 89, 19.05.2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TOUTES LES NOTICES DE<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guillaume Poisson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-teaser-loop \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-16108\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/objets-iconophores-du-politique-au-tournant-des-lumieres\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"1142\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-objets-iconophores-couv.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2025 ibc objets iconophores couv\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-objets-iconophores-couv.png 755w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-objets-iconophores-couv-435x658.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/objets-iconophores-du-politique-au-tournant-des-lumieres\/\">Objets iconophores du politique au tournant des Lumi\u00e8res<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-16103\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/isabelle-de-charriere-dutrecht-a-colombier-une-femme-de-lettres-engagee-au-siecle-des-lumieres\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"1361\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-isabelle-de-charriere-nrn-couv.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2025 ibc isabelle de charrie\u0300re nrn couv\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-isabelle-de-charriere-nrn-couv.png 1263w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-isabelle-de-charriere-nrn-couv-435x469.png 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/03\/2025-ibc-isabelle-de-charriere-nrn-couv-768x828.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/isabelle-de-charriere-dutrecht-a-colombier-une-femme-de-lettres-engagee-au-siecle-des-lumieres\/\">Isabelle de Charri\u00e8re, d\u2019Utrecht \u00e0 Colombier. Une femme de lettres engag\u00e9e au si\u00e8cle des Lumi\u00e8res<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-15320\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/pierre-victor-de-besenval-1721-1791-une-vie-au-service-de-la-france-ein-leben-im-dienst-der-franzosischen-krone\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ibc-pv-de-besenval-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2025 ibc pv de besenval\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ibc-pv-de-besenval-1.png 585w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/08\/2025-ibc-pv-de-besenval-1-435x598.png 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/pierre-victor-de-besenval-1721-1791-une-vie-au-service-de-la-france-ein-leben-im-dienst-der-franzosischen-krone\/\">Pierre-Victor de Besenval (1721-1791). Une vie au service du roi de France\/Ein Leben im Dienst der franz\u00f6sischen Krone<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-5332\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/les-tresors-du-cercle-litteraire-de-lausanne-deux-siecles-de-collections-patrimoniales-1819-2019\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2019\/02\/POISSON_Tr\u00e9sors_couverture_CLL_final.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2019\/02\/POISSON_Tr\u00e9sors_couverture_CLL_final.jpg 900w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2019\/02\/POISSON_Tr\u00e9sors_couverture_CLL_final-435x580.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2019\/02\/POISSON_Tr\u00e9sors_couverture_CLL_final-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/les-tresors-du-cercle-litteraire-de-lausanne-deux-siecles-de-collections-patrimoniales-1819-2019\/\">Les tr\u00e9sors du Cercle litt\u00e9raire de Lausanne. Deux si\u00e8cles de collections patrimoniales 1819-2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-5379\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/18-novembre-1663-louis-xiv-et-les-cantons-suisses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2019\/02\/POISSON_18novembre1663_final.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/18-novembre-1663-louis-xiv-et-les-cantons-suisses\/\">18 novembre 1663. Louis XIV et les cantons suisses<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-963\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/adolphe-de-benjamin-constant-posterite-dun-roman-1816-2016\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/10\/Adolphe_Couverture2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/10\/Adolphe_Couverture2-1.jpg 846w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/10\/Adolphe_Couverture2-1-435x617.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/10\/Adolphe_Couverture2-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/10\/Adolphe_Couverture2-1-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/10\/Adolphe_Couverture2-1-722x1024.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/adolphe-de-benjamin-constant-posterite-dun-roman-1816-2016\/\">Adolphe de Benjamin Constant. Post\u00e9rit\u00e9 d&rsquo;un roman (1816-2016)<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-202\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/comment-sortir-de-lempire-le-groupe-de-coppet-face-a-la-chute-de-napoleon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/05\/Couverture_Coppet_Napol\u00e9on2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/05\/Couverture_Coppet_Napol\u00e9on2-1.jpg 846w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/05\/Couverture_Coppet_Napol\u00e9on2-1-435x617.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/05\/Couverture_Coppet_Napol\u00e9on2-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/05\/Couverture_Coppet_Napol\u00e9on2-1-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2017\/05\/Couverture_Coppet_Napol\u00e9on2-1-722x1024.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/comment-sortir-de-lempire-le-groupe-de-coppet-face-a-la-chute-de-napoleon\/\">Comment sortir de l\u2019Empire\u00a0? Le Groupe de Coppet face \u00e0 la chute de Napol\u00e9on<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-3712\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-diplomate-en-question-xve-xviiie-siecles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/06\/PIBIRI_POISSON_Diplomate_couv.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/06\/PIBIRI_POISSON_Diplomate_couv.jpg 497w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/06\/PIBIRI_POISSON_Diplomate_couv-435x638.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2018\/06\/PIBIRI_POISSON_Diplomate_couv-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-diplomate-en-question-xve-xviiie-siecles\/\">Le diplomate en question (XVe-XVIIIe si\u00e8cles)<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un Soleurois devenu le plus fran\u00e7ais des Suisses au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002938,"featured_media":15322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3692,4107,4106,446,20,469,1906,1221,1205,18,4105,4104,4103,2493,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-15320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sciences-historiques","8":"tag-3692","9":"tag-andreas-affolter","10":"tag-de-besenval","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-guillaume-poisson","13":"tag-histoire-culturelle","14":"tag-histoire-moderne","15":"tag-institut-benjamin-constant","16":"tag-labelettres","17":"tag-lumieres","18":"tag-pierre-victor-de-besenval","19":"tag-relations-france-suisse","20":"tag-service-etranger","21":"tag-xviiie","22":"tag-xviiie-siecle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15320"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15780,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320\/revisions\/15780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}