Charles de Gaucourt

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Charles (I.) de Gaucourt († 1482 in Paris ) was a French nobleman and military man who was primarily employed in the regional military administration, e.g. B. as governor of Picardy .

Life

Charles de Gaucourt was the eldest son of Raoul (VI.) De Gaucourt († 1461/62), Seigneur de Gaucourt etc., and Jeanne de Preuilly († 1455), Dame de Naillac, Châteaubrun and Cluys-Dessus, and brother of Jean de Gaucourt († 1468), who became Bishop of Laon and Pair de France in 1460 .

He was Seigneur de Gaucourt, Hargicourt , Châteaubrun (in Berry ), Robais, Manicamp , Naillac, Florac et Audivier, and Viscount d'Acy. He had already received Châteaubrun, which his mother owned, while his father was still alive. Manicamp had been given to him as a young man on October 18, 1448 by the previous owner in return for lifelong usufruct. Around 1450/53 he was first chamberlain to King Charles VII.

King Louis XI. knighted him on August 15, 1461 on the occasion of his coronation in Reims . On March 7, 1464, he sent him to Berry to administer the duchy after Charles de Valois, duc de Berry, had retired to Brittany. On October 27, 1465 he became captain of Chinon , Rouen and Gisors as successor to his father, around June 30, 1469 he was made Capitaine et Castellan de Vierzon as a replacement for Rouen and Gisors, Louis XI. now forgiven elsewhere.

He was royal councilor and chamberlain, Bailli et Gouverneur of Picardy, was on January 21, 1472 par commission (for Jacques de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam , who died on April 25, 1472) Lieutenant-général et Gouverneur de Paris et Île -de-France , and on April 11th 1472 Bailli of Amiens with the order to bring the city into a defensible state.

On December 25, 1472 he received from the king the confiscated property of Hélène de Melun, the widow of Charles d'Artois († 1472), for whom he had to litigate the heirs of the widow. On June 10, 1474, he received the same property from François de Chamborant, Seigneur de Chamborand et de Lavau.

marriage and family

Charles de Gaucourt married Agnès (called Colette) de Vaux (* 1434; † before 1471), daughter of Jean de Vaux, Seigneur de Saintines (or Saint-Yves), and Anne (or Jeanne) le Bouteiller. Your children are:

  • Charles (II.) De Gaucourt, Seigneur de Gaucourt, Boesses, Châteaubrun, Naillac et Florac, Vicomte d'Acy, de Cluys-Dessus et de Gournay; ∞ (1) around 1470 Anne de Bar, daughter of Jean de Bar, Seigneur de Baugy et de la Guerche; ∞ (2) February 20, 1498 Marguerite de Blanchefort, daughter of Jean de Blanchefort, Seigneur de Saint-Clément, and Andrée de Noroy ( House of Blanchefort )
  • Jean de Gaucourt († June 1476), Apostolic Protonotary , 1471 Archdeacon of Laon, 1474 Bishop of Amiens
  • Louis de Gaucourt († 1485), 1476 Bishop of Amiens
  • François de Gaucourt († after 1483), knight of the order
  • Anne de Gaucourt (* around 1460, † after 1482); ∞ October 23, 1480 Jean de Culant, Seigneur de Châteauneuf-sur-Cher , son of Charles de Culant , Seigneur de Culant, Grand Master of France , and Belleassez de Sully
  • Catherine de Gaucourt (* around 1466, † after 1493); ∞ March 10, 1486 Louis d'Aubusson, Seigneur de La Villeneuve, son of Antoine d'Aubusson, Seigneur de La Villeneuve, and Marguerite d'Aubusson
  • Marguerite (aka Madeleine) de Gaucourt; ∞ Marriage contract February 12, 1483, Pierre du Puy, Seigneur du Mez et de Vatan , Bailli et Gouverneur de Berry, son of Gilbert du Puy, Seigneur de Vatan et Barmont
  • Jeanne de Gaucourt; ∞ Jean de Saint-Avit
  • Marguerite de Gaucourt; ∞ Marriage contract August 17, 1522, Pierre Pérotin, Seigneur de Beauvais-en-Touraine

Charles de Gaucourt died in Paris in 1482 and was buried in the church of Saint-Jean-en-Grève .

literature

Web link

  • Ètienne Pattou, Seigneurs de Gaucourt , pp. 5–7 ( accessed online on May 18, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Gaucourt, Charles de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seigneur de Gaucourt, Viscount d'Acy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman and military
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1482
Place of death Paris