François I de Luxembourg
François I de Luxembourg (* before 1445, † after 1511) was Viscount de Martigues et de Machault , Governor and Grand Seneschal of Provence , and Knight of the Collar Order .
biography
François I. de Luxembourg is the son of Thibaut de Luxembourg, Comte de Brienne ( House Luxemburg-Ligny ), and Philippote de Melun, daughter of Jean IV. De Melun , Burgrave of Ghent ( House Melun ). From 1491 to 1493 he was governor and grand seneschal of Provence.
Due to his marriage to Luise of Savoy (* 1467 - May 1, 1530), François received fiefs in the Genevois , Waadtland and Chablais : the income from the road tolls of Nyon , the lordship of Belmont ( Yverdon ), the castles of Ternier (on the road from Geneva to Chambéry ), and from 1497 the castles of La Tour-de-Peilz , Vevey , Monthey and Évian . In 1501, his request to acquire Faverges Castle and the rights to the associated lordship from Duke Philibert II of Savoy was rejected by the ducal court of auditors. The transaction then happened five years later with Duke Charles III. of Savoy . In 1514 the rule passed to Philip of Savoy-Nemours .
marriage and family
François de Luxembourg married Louise de Savoie (1467–1522), Marquise de Baugé, Dame d'Évian, daughter of Janus of Savoy, Count of Faucigny and Geneva, granddaughter of Duke Louis of Savoy in 1487 . She had previously been engaged to her cousin, Duke Charles I of Savoy , and then to his brother, Jakob Ludwig von Savoyen, Marquis de Gex . Your children are:
- François de Luxembourg († September 9, 1509), 1502 Bishop of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières , 1507 Bishop of Le Mans
- François de Luxembourg († 1553 after June 20), Vicomte de Martigues, Seigneur d'Évian, de Festerne, de La Tour de Peilz, de Monthey, de Vevey et de Blomay.
- Gabriel, Knight of the Order of Malta
literature
- O. Dessemontet: Les Luxembourg-Martigues, seigneurs au Pays de Vaud 1487–1558. In: Revue suisse d'histoire , 1954, pp. 88–123
- Gilbert Marion: Luxembourg-Martigues. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland ( online )
- Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . Volume I.2 (1999) Plate 233
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | François I de Luxembourg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viscount de Martigues |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman and military man, governor of Provence |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1445 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1511 |