Antoine de La Rochefoucauld

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Antoine (I.) de La Rochefoucauld ( 1471 - March 30, 1537 ) was a French nobleman and military man; he was, among other things, admiral, lieutenant general , admiral of France and governor of Paris .

Life

Antoine de La Rochefoucauld was the second son of François I de La Rochefoucauld († 1517), who became Comte de La Rochefoucauld in 1515, and Louise de Crussol. His older brother was François II, Comte de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marsillac († 1533). He was Seigneur de Barbezieux , de Ravel , de Meillant , de Linières et de Vendoeuvre .

As a youth in 1485 at the court of Charles VIII, he was one of the king's hundred gentile commons . When the family was divided up with his brother François II on June 7, 1518, he received the lords of Barbezieux and Ravel. He was inducted into the Ordre de Saint-Michel and was captain of 50 Hommes d'armes .

After the resignation of Philibert de Beaujeu, he became Seneschal of Auvergne (until December 5, 1532) and then Grand Seneschal of Guyenne . During the failed siege of Marseille by Emperor Charles V in August and September 1524, he was commander-in-chief in the city. In the battle of Pavia on February 23 and 24, 1525 he was captured - like King Francis I ; In 1526 he was released again. On June 1, 1528 he was appointed general of the galleys to succeed Andrea Doria after he had changed sides. On July 20, 1532 he was appointed governor of the Île-de-France and on March 12, 1534 in addition to the governor of Paris . He died on March 30, 1537.

marriage and family

Antoine de La Rochefoucauld married on October 23, 1518 Antoinette d'Amboise († July 2, 1552), Dame de Jaligny , daughter of Guy d'Amboise, Seigneur de Ravel, and Françoise d'Espinasse called Dauphine, Dame de Combronde , de Jaligny et de Treteau , widow of Jacques d'Amboise (X 1515), Seigneur de Bussy et de Ravel. She became heiress of the entire estate of the Amboise family ( Chaumont , Meillant, Charenton , Preuilly, Linnois etc. after the death of her cousin Georges d'Amboise (X 1525) and her aunt Catherine d'Amboise , married Countess of Auxerre , († 1549) ), which she passed on to the La Rochefoucauld house. Your children are:

  • Gilbert (* 1519; † 1544 Lyon on his return from the Battle of Ceresole (April 11, 1544)), Seigneur de Barbezieux, May 10, 1539 Grand Seneschal of Guyenne
  • Charles (1520–15 June 1583), Seigneur de Barbezieux, de Linières, de Meillant, de Preuilly, de Charenton, et de Blanc en Berry , lieutenant general; ∞ (marriage contract December 1, 1545) Françoise Chabot, certified October 12, 1605, daughter of Philippe Chabot, Comte de Charny et de Buzançais , and Françoise de Longwy
  • Antoine (II), Seigneur de Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chambellan du Roi; ∞ October 7, 1552 Cécile de Montmirail, daughter of Étienne de Montmirail, Seigneur de Chambourcy , Maître des requêtes , and Louise de Selves
  • François, Vicomte de Ravel et de Rascel ; ∞ 1560 Éléonore de Vienne (born October 24, 1541), daughter of François de Vienne, Seigneur de Ruffey, and Guillemette de Luxembourg-Brienne
  • Catherine (* probably 1528; † 1577), Dame de Jaligny; ∞ (1) September 17, 1545 Charles de Chabannes, Seigneur de La Palice, X 1552, son of Jacques II. De Chabannes and Jeanne de Montberon ( House of Chabannes ); ∞ (2) 1559 René du Puy du Fou, Seigneur de Combronde etc., attested in 1562; ∞ (3) Charles Rouault, Seigneur de Landeau
  • Marguerite († after 1589), Dame de Barbezieux; ∞ (1) Pierre du Puy du Fou, Seigneur de Vertan; ∞ (2) May 7, 1564 Claude de Bourbon, Baron and 1578 Comte de Busset († 1588 before May 11)
  • Bénédicte and Antoinette, nuns in Autun

Antoinette d'Amboise married Louis III in third marriage. de Luxembourg, Comte de Roussy († May 11, 1571)

literature

Web link

  • Étienne Pattou, Maison de La Rochefoucauld , pp. 6 and 16 ( online , accessed April 23, 2020)

Remarks

  1. ↑ Père Anselme confuses the order (first Pavia, then Marseille) and gives the year 1524 for Pavia
  2. ↑ On October 10, 1526, he acknowledged the pay for the first quarter of 1525
personal data
SURNAME La Rochefoucauld, Antoine de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, governor of Paris and Île-de-France
DATE OF BIRTH 1471
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1537