François d'Espinay
François d'Espinay (* 1554 ; † 1597 before Amiens , France ), seigneur de Saint-Luc, baron de Crèvecoeur, d'Arvert et de Gaillefontaine , was a French military leader, knight of the royal orders, governor of Saintonge and Brouage , governor- general of Brittany and Grand Master of the Artillery of France (1596).
François was the son of Valeran d'Espinay-Saint Luc and Marguerite de Grouches. Through his bravery in the battle of Coutras and the sieges of Épernay , Paris , Laon and other cities, he made the kings Henry III. and Henry IV so earned that the latter made him Knight of his Order in 1594 and Grand Master of Artillery in 1596. He fell in 1597 during the siege of the city of Amiens.
François d'Espinay left behind some "speeches about war" and also poems that he wrote while he was - since his enemies saw him with Henry III. slandered - stayed in his governorate in Brouage.
From the marriage with the daughter of Marshal Charles de Cossé-Brissac , Jeanne, four sons were born: Timoléon (1580–1644), Marshal of France ; Artus († 1618), Bishop of Marseille, Charles († 1622), Knight of Malta, and François.
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| SURNAME | Espinay, François d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1554 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1597 |
| Place of death | before Amiens , France |