Christophe d'Assonleville

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Christophe d'Assonleville (* 1528 in Arras ; † April 10, 1607 in Brussels ) was the ambassador of Philip II of Spain to Elizabeth I of England .

Life

Christophe d'Assonleville had close ties with the Bishop of Arras, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle . From 1555 d'Assonleville was in the service of Philip II and was appointed by him to his Council of State in 1559. He was sent to London and Bruges as ambassador. For example, Margaret of Parma issued him on March 24, 1563 an accreditation letter for Elizabeth I of England.

Christophe d'Assonleville was chairman of the secret council in Brussels of Philip II of Spain .

He was instrumental in the negotiations with Orange to pacify the conflict with the Geusen . This included a response to the nobility's complaints from 53 articles, which the Habsburgs described as a compromise . In 1566 he was significantly involved in the investiture of bishops loyal to the line in Friesland and Geldern.

He was a willing tool of the Alba regime in the Netherlands. Representing Alba, for example, he received the British ambassador in Madrid, John Man.

Under the rule of Luis de Zúñiga y Requesens in 1574 he was a real member of the State Council and treasurer of the golden fleece .

He was the author of an open letter to the States General that Requesens issued on September 2, 1575. He was a key member of the Council of State which ran from Requesens' death on March 5, 1576 to the arrival of Juan de Austria in Brussels on May 1, 1577, the business of government. During the coup d'état by William I of Orange-Nassau on September 4, 1576, he was imprisoned in Brussels until March 23, 1577.

Juan de Austria sent Christophe d'Assonleville to Cologne in 1579 to negotiate with Matthias .

In Cologne he initiated conspiracies against the House of Orange. In this context he negotiated between the House of Farnese and Balthasar Gérard , who murdered William I of Orange-Nassau in 1584, and Dufour, who carried out an attack on Prince Moritz in 1594 .

The governors of the Catholic Habsburgs confiscated property from Protestant Dutch. Christophe d'Assonleville was a member of the Chambre des Récompenses , which managed these goods from 1582.

Christophe d'Assonleville was also among the other Habsburg governors : Ernst of Austria , Albrecht VII of Austria and Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ March 24.510. The Duchess of Parma to the Queen Sends M. Christophe D'Assonleville to treat with her about certain matters touching commerce between her subjects and those of the King of Spain. — 24 March 1562. Signed.
  2. ↑ George Daniel Ramsay, The queen's merchants and the revolt of the Netherlands: The End of the Antwerp mart , 1986, 231 pp.
predecessor Office successor
Pedro de Ávila y Zúñiga Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom
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1569 		El Marqués de Cetona, Marquis Vitelli Chiappino (II)
personal data
SURNAME Assonleville, Christophe d '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish diplomat, Ambassador of the Spanish Netherlands to the United Kingdom
DATE OF BIRTH 1528
PLACE OF BIRTH Arras
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1607
Place of death Brussels