Gérard de Plaines
Gérard de Plaines, Seigneur de la Roche (* 1480 ; † August 31, 1524 ) was the ambassador of Margaret of Austria to Henry VIII of England in 1520 .
Life
His family, the Seigneurs de la Roche, Barons de Courcellotte, died out. He was Baron of Courcellotte, Lord of Magny, of la Roche, of Rigney, of Vendelaine and of d 'Attesaux. His parents were Jeanne de Gros, Dame de Magny-sur-Tille and Thomas de Plaines, Grandchancelier de Borugone. When Gérard de Plaine's first wife Barbara Neufchatel died on March 23, 1506, this marriage was childless. On January 17, 1514, he married Anne Ray, daughter of Philippine Goux and Mark Ray Baron and Lord of Roulans.
Gérard de Plaines was the ambassador of Emperor Maximilian I to the Holy See . He sat the Privy Council of Charles V in front. He was Ambassador to the Court of St James’s in 1520 . At the court of Henry VIII he was introduced as Oidor , (the sieur de la Roche, audiencer).
He negotiated with Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle the neutrality of the King of France with the House of Bourbon .
He corresponded with Erasmus from Rotterdam .
Individual evidence
- ↑ April 7, 1520 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=91046
- ↑ Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles , Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France: des grands dignitaires de la couronne, des principales familles nobles du royaume et des maisons princières de l'Europe, précédée de la généalogie de la maison de France . 1828
- ↑ Desiderius Erasmus, RAB Mynors, To Gerard de Plaine Basel, 26 March 1524, The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1356 to 1534, 1523 to 1524 , 1974, 515 SS 204
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| El Señor de Lindt |
Spanish envoy to England in 1520 |
Ludwig von Praet |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plaines, Gérard de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seigneur de la Roche |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish envoy to England |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1480 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1524 |