Hugues Aubriot

Hugues Aubriot (* 1315, † 1388 ) was a French jurist and Vogt.

He came from a family of money changer in Dijon. 1341 he was a prosecutor of the Duke of Burgundy, in 1360 then ducal Vogt ( " Bailli " ) of Dijon. On December 3, 1367 he was in Paris ( " Prévôt de Paris " ), 1375 hit Vogt knighted.

Aubriot organized the royal administration in the capital, drove the urban development and defense ahead: he built sewers, began with the expansion of the city wall and the " Bastide Saint- Antoine" (later the Bastille ). In addition, he took energetic measures to maintain public order, including exaggerated arrangements regarding the restaurants and prostitution.

From the people he was recognized because it is less promoted the merchants and also the University disagreed, but was in turn unpopular among intellectuals because of his constant hostility towards the students. He was supported continuously by King Charles V, but lost the support of the rulers during the reign of the Dukes (1380-1388): he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1381 for heresy.

Liberated by the uprising of the Maillotins in March 1382, he fled from the city. He sought refuge in Avignon, where Pope Clement VII rehabilitated him in 1383.