Guillaume de Joyeuse

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Guillaume II. De Joyeuse (* 1520 ; † 1592 in Aubenas ) was a French nobleman, bishop and military man and since 1582 Marshal of France .

Live and act

His father was Jean de Joyeuse, Vice Count of Joyeuse (* 1475), and his mother Françoise de Voisins, mistress of Arques (* around 1500). He initially embarked on a spiritual career and was named Guillaume VI in 1541, as the successor to his uncle of the same name. Bishop of Alet .

When his older and only brother, Jean-Paul de Joyeuse, died unmarried, Guillaume had not yet received his formal episcopal ordination . In order to avert the impending extinction of his family line, he was therefore able to take the opportunity to give up church service in 1554 and to take over his brother's worldly goods. He was thus Guillaume II. Vice Count of Joyeuse and Lord of Saint-Didier , Laudun , Puyvert and Arques . In 1561 he was taken over by King Charles IX. appointed royal governor- general in Languedoc . In the Huguenot Wars, which broke out again and again (1562–1598), he participated on the Catholic side in the battles in Languedoc and in the Auvergne . He was accepted as a knight in the Order of Michael and in 1578 as a knight in the Order of the Holy Spirit . In 1582 he was taken over by King Henry III. appointed Marshal of France .

Guillaume de Joyeuse survived four of his sons and died in Aubenas in 1592. He was buried in a chapel he had donated in Joyeuse . This has been preserved as a side chapel of today's Saint-Pierre church , and his tombstone can still be seen there today.

Marriage and offspring

Around 1561 he married Marie de Batarnay, daughter of René de Batarnay, Count of Le Bouchage . With her he had seven children:

  • Anne (1560–1587), one of the Mignons of Henry III. of France , since 1577 1st Duke of Joyeuse , peer and admiral of France, killed in the battle of Coutras
  • François (1562–1615), cardinal and 4th Duke of Joyeuse, Archbishop of Narbonne, then Toulouse and later Rouen
  • Henri (1563–1608), Capuchin Father and Marshal of France, 3rd Duke of Joyeuse
  • Antoine-Scipion (1565–1592), Knight of Malta and Grand Prior of Toulouse, 2nd Duke of Joyeuse, drowned while fleeing in the Tarn River after the lost battle of Villemur
  • Georges, lord of Saint-Didier (1567–1584)
  • Claude (1569–1587), Lord of Saint-Sauveur, killed in the Battle of Coutras
  • Honorat (died young)

Literature and web links

  • Louis Moréri : Le grand dictionnaire historique ou Le melange curieux de l'Histoire sacrée et profane. Volume 6. Nouvelle édition, dans laquelle on a refondu les Supplémens. Le tout revue, corrigé & augmenté. Libraires Associés, Paris 1759, p. 398 .
  • Genealogy of Guillaume de Joyeuse II at geneanet.org

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data of the father at geneanet.org
predecessor Office successor
Guillaume V. de Joyeuse Bishop of Alet
1541–1554 		François de Lestrange
Jean VI. d'Aumont Marshal of France
1582–1592 		Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
personal data
SURNAME Joyeuse, Guillaume de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guillaume VI. de Alet; Joyeuse, Guillaume II. De
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Alet (1541–1554), Governor General of the King in Languedoc since 1561 and Marshal of France since 1582
DATE OF BIRTH 1520
DATE OF DEATH 1592
Place of death Aubenas