Amé III. de Sarrebruck-Commercy

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Amé III. de Sarrebruck-Commercy (born October 20, 1495 , † November 19, 1525 in Paris ) was a French nobleman and military; he was Comte de Braine et de Roucy , Seigneur de Commercy -Château-Haut, de Montmirail et de La Ferté Gaucher .

Amé III. was the only son of Robert II. de Sarrebruck-Commercy († 1504), Count of Braine and Roucy, Seigneur de Commercy, and Marie d'Amboise († 1519), who in turn was a daughter of Charles I d'Amboise . In 1504 he inherited his father's property and title.

After the battle of Marignano (September 13-14, 1515) he was knighted. He became Capitaine et Fourier des ordonnances du Roi .

Amé III. married on July 18, 1520 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye Renée de La Marck, daughter of William the Younger, Seigneur de Montbazon; the couple had a son, Robert, who died as a young child.

On May 23, 1525, after approval by the Parliament, he was appointed as Deputy of François I de Bourbon-Saint-Pol to the governor de Paris et de l'Île-de-France ( Lieutenant en l'absence du Comte de Saint-Pol ) ordered; Jean de Torcy was appointed to his deputy on November 7, 1525 ( Lieutenant au lieu du Comte de Braine ) - twelve days before Amé III. died.

He died on November 19, 1525 at the age of 30 and was buried in the Saint-Yved church in Braine . The inheritance was divided:

  • Commercy inherited his sister Philippe († 1551), widow of Charles de Silly († 1516); the new lord of Commercy was their son Jacques de Silly († 1571)
  • Roucy inherited his sister Catherine († 1542), widow of Antoine de Roye († 1515); new Count of Braine was their son Charles de Roye († 1551) ( House Roye )
  • Braine inherited his sister Guillemette († 1571), who with Robert III. de La Marck († 1536), who was Marshal of France in 1526 and Lord of Sedan in 1536; their son Robert IV. de La Marck († 1556) ( House of Mark ) was the new Count of Braine

Amé's widow married Charles de Croy, 4th Comte de Porcien, Comte de Seneghem, Baron de Montornet († probably 1556) ( House Croy ) with a marriage contract dated May 13, 1529 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-Pierre Babelon, Nouvelle Histoire de Paris - Paris au XVIe siècle , Diffusion Hachette, 1986, p. 525ff Gouverneurs et Lieutenants-généraux de Paris et d'Île-de-France
personal data
SURNAME Amé III. de Sarrebruck-Commercy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Comte de Braine, Comte de Roucy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman and military
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1495
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1525
Place of death Paris