Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay (1740–1789) was the French governor of the Bastille, the son of a previous governor, and commander of its garrison when the prison-fortress in Paris was stormed on 14 July 1789 ("see Storming of the Bastille"). The marquis Bernard-René Jordan de Launay was born on the night of 8/9 April 1740 in the Bastille where his father, René Jourdan de Launay, was governor. At the age of eight he was appointed to an honorary position in the King's Musketeers ("mousquetaires du roi"). He subsequently entered the French Guards ("gardes-françaises"), a regiment
Bernard de La Villardière was then broadcast in July 2007 on M6 at "Zone Interdite". Bernard de La Villardière is married and has four children, a daughter Caroline born in 1987, and three sons, Marc born in 1988, Rémi born in 1992, and Nicolas born in 1993. Bernard de La Villardière Bernard de La Villardière (born Bernard Berger de La Villardière on 25 March 1958) is a French journalist, radio and television presenter. Bernard de La Villardière was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a middle class but non-noble family and has three brothers : Jean, François (born in