Jesuit. Born the second son of Georges d'Aix, seigneur de la Chaize, and Renée de Rochefort. He studied at the Jesuit colleges in Rohan and Lyon. In 1675, he became Louis XIV's confessor after the death of Father Ferrier. In the wake of Françoise d'Aubigné's ascendancy, he gained greater influence at court. After the death of the queen Marie Therese, he secretly wed Louis and Françoise. As the king's confessor, La Chaise had a significant influence on the monarch's religious and political decisions. He encouraged Louis XIV's devotion to Catholicism and convinced him to revoke the Edict of Nantes, which granted religious toleration to French Protestants. Only weeks before his death, he resigned from his position as confessor to the king. As a Jesuit, he lived in Mont-Louis, a country house east of Paris owned by the Jesuits. By the generosity of the sovereign, the lands belonging to the country house were increased. Napoleon established the first civil cemetery on the grounds in 1804 and called it East Cemetery. While it is officially still the east cemetery, it entered the vocabulary by the name 'Père Lachaise'.
Jesuit. Born the second son of Georges d'Aix, seigneur de la Chaize, and Renée de Rochefort. He studied at the Jesuit colleges in Rohan and Lyon. In 1675, he became Louis XIV's confessor after the death of Father Ferrier. In the wake of Françoise d'Aubigné's ascendancy, he gained greater influence at court. After the death of the queen Marie Therese, he secretly wed Louis and Françoise. As the king's confessor, La Chaise had a significant influence on the monarch's religious and political decisions. He encouraged Louis XIV's devotion to Catholicism and convinced him to revoke the Edict of Nantes, which granted religious toleration to French Protestants. Only weeks before his death, he resigned from his position as confessor to the king. As a Jesuit, he lived in Mont-Louis, a country house east of Paris owned by the Jesuits. By the generosity of the sovereign, the lands belonging to the country house were increased. Napoleon established the first civil cemetery on the grounds in 1804 and called it East Cemetery. While it is officially still the east cemetery, it entered the vocabulary by the name 'Père Lachaise'.
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