François de La Baume

François de La Baume († 1587 in Montélimar ) was a French nobleman, military man and governor . He was Seigneur de Suze , who was raised to the county of Suze for him.

Life

François de La Baume was the son of Guillaume de La Baume de Suze, Seigneur de Suze, and Catherine Alleman d'Alabaron. He was a member of the King's Conseil Privé , captain of a royal orderly of 50 armed men, Amiral des Mers du Levant. His military activities were directed primarily against the Huguenots , whom he defeated at the Battle of Cederon (now Séderon , Dauphiné) and the Battle of Saint-Gilles (Languedoc, September 1562), as well as the Huguenot leader François de Beaumont , Baron des Adrets, and Charles du Puy-Montbrun , Seigneur de Montbrun .

In December 1572 the Seigneurie Suze was raised to the county of Suze. From June 3, 1578 to 1579 he was royal governor of Provence and in personal union governor of Avignon and Comtat Venaissin , subordinate to the Pope ; he did not exercise the office, however, as he was not recognized by the Provençals. He signed his will on May 20, 1580. On December 21, 1581 he received membership in the Order of the Holy Spirit , on December 31, he was formally admitted.

François de La Baume, Comte de Suze, died in 1587 of wounds he sustained while defending Montélimar against the Huguenots.

family

On June 14, 1551 he married Françoise de Lévis, daughter of Gilbert de Lévis, Comte de Ventadour (1501–1547) and Suzanne de Lare-Cornillon († 1557); their children are:

• Ferdinand-Rostaing de La Baume de Suze, † 1577 during the siege of Issoire
• Rostaing de La Baume († 1622), Comte de Suze et de Rochefort; ⚭ (1) Catherine dite de Grolée de Meuillon  ; ⚭ (2) October 23, 1583 Madeleine des Prez, daughter of Melchior des Prez, Seigneur de Montpezat, and Henriette de Savoie-Villars , Marquise de Villars , Comtesse de Tende
• Antoine de La Baume de Suze, Seigneur de Baulmes; ⚭ June 18, 1618 Marie de Laire, de Guiffrey et de Glandage
• Georges de La Baume de Suze, Baron d'Apts; ⚭ Jeanne de Maugiron, daughter of Laurent de Maugiron, Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit , Lieutenant-général of the Dauphiné , sister of Louis de Maugiron
• Marguerite de La Baume de Suze; ⚭ November 25, 1589 Pompée de Pontevès † after 1605, Seigneur de Buoux
• Louise de La Baume de Suze; ⚭ January 18, 1572 Antoine de Sassenage, Baron du Pont-en-Royans ( House of Sassenage )
• Charlotte Catherine de La Baume de Suze; ⚭ November 15, 1594 Antoine de Grimoard de Beauvoir du Roure (1570–1616), Seigneur de Saint-Brest
• Catherine; ⚭ Claude Alleman, Baron d'Urlage
• Françoise de La Baume de Suze; ⚭ July 11, 1598 Christophe de Castillon (1567–1617), Seigneur de Vauclause et de Villeneuve en Provence

literature

• Guy Allard (1635–1716): Histoire généalogique des familles de ... , 3rd volume, Grenoble, 1680
• Moréri: Le Grand dictionnaire historique , Volume 8, 1740, p. 417