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 Montgaillard affiliated to the Cistercians and in 1605 became abbot of Orval. Justus Lipsius wrote in praise of his eloquence, and he was the favourite preacher of Archduke Albert. He preached a funeral oration for the Archduke, which is the only one of his sermons to have been published. Bernard died at Orval on 8 June 1628 and was buried in the abbey. Bernard de Montgaillard Bernard de Montgaillard (1563–1628) was a French Cistercian preacher and abbot of Orval Abbey. Bernard was born the son of Bertrand de Percin, lord of Montgaillard, in 1563. In 1579 he joined the Congregation of