Honorary II. De Savoie, marquis de Villars

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Honorary II. De Savoie, marquis de Villars (born June 4, 1511 , † September 20, 1580 in Le Grand-Pressigny ) was a Maréchal de France and Amiral de France ( Admiral of France ) from the House of Savoy .

Life

He was the son of René de Savoie , called the Bastard of Savoien , Comte de Villars , Grand Maître de France , and Anne Lascaris, Comtesse de Tende.

In 1552 he accompanied King Henry II on his journey through Lorraine and in the following year he was involved in the liberation of the city of Hesdin , which was besieged by the Prince of Piémont . On August 10, 1557 he was wounded in the battle of the Battle of Saint-Quentin , but this did not prevent him from providing reinforcements to the city ​​of Corbie , which was besieged by the Spaniards .

In the wake of King Charles IX. he took part in his grand tour of France (Grand tour de France) and organized the gathering of the great France (Assemblée des Grands de France), which took place in Moulins the following year .

He fought with great energy against the Huguenots , for example in the battle of Saint-Denis and in the battle of Moncontour .

In 1540 he married Jeanne Françoise de Foix († 1542), daughter of Alain de Foix and Françoise de Montpezat, Vicomtesse de Castillon, which gave him the Vicomté (vice-county) of Castillon-sur-Dordogne, the baronies of Montpezat, Aiguillon, Madaillon, Sainte-Livrade and some other property. They only had one daughter, Henriette de Savoie-Villars († 1611).

In 1565 Villars was raised to his favor as a branch line of the House of Savoy to the Marquisate .

In 1570 he was appointed lieutenant-général du Roi des Guienne as the successor to Blaise de Monluc .

The king rewarded him for his services by appointing him Maréchal de France in 1571 . After the death of Gaspard II. De Coligny in 1572 he also received his title of "Amiral de France et des Mers du Levant" (Admiral of France and the Levantine Seas).

As lieutenant général du roi in the Guyenne , in 1573 he kept up the military pressure on the Huguenots.

In 1578 he renounced the title of admiral in favor of his son-in-law Charles II. De Lorraine, duc de Mayenne .

The king awarded him on January 1, 1579 the order of a Chevalier d'Ordre du Saint-Esprit .

Villars died in Paris in 1580.

progeny

  • Honorat II. De Savoie was married to Jeanne-Françoise de Grailly-Foix from 1540 - one daughter:
    • Henriette de Savoie-Villars, first married to Melchior des Prez, Seigneur de Montpezat, Sénéchal de Poitou (1525- † after 1564) - three children:
      • Emmanuel Philibert des Prez, Marquis de Villars, died at the siege of Montauban , married to Éléonore Thomassin, Demoiselle de Montmartin. He fought on the league side with his father-in-law, Charles de Mayenne, and his brother
      • Claude des Prez, † after 1597,
      • Henri des Prez, Marquis de Montpezat, not yet confirmed Bishop of Montauban, he resigned in 1595 without having been ordained, † 1619, was married to Claire-Suzanne de Gramont, Dame d'Aster, daughter of Antoine Ier de Gramont, Souverain de Bidache, Baron de Gramont, Comte de Guiche, Viscount d'Aster
      • Jacques des Prez, † 1616,
      • Madeleine des Prez †?
      • Gabrielle des Prez, † 1653,
      • Éléonore des Prez, †?
      • Marguerite des Prez, † 1650.
    • Henriette de Savoie-Villars, married in 1576 Charles II. De Lorraine, duc de Mayenne :
      • Henri de Lorraine (1578–1621), Duc de Mayenne and Aguillon,
      • Charles Emmanuel (1581 † 1609), Comte de Sommerive,
      • Catherine de Lorraine (1585–1618), married Carlo I Gonzaga (1580 † 1637) in 1599 , Duke of Nevers and Duke of Rethel in 1595 , Duke of Mantua in 1631 ,
      • Renée de Lorraine, † 1638, married Mario II Sforza di Santa Fiora (1594 † 1658), Duc d'Ognano et de Segni, Comte de Santa Fiora in 1613.

literature

  • Jules Berger de Xivrey (Ed.): Recueil des lettres missives de Henri IV. Volume 1: 1562–1584. Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1843, p. 14, note 1 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Jules Berger de Xivrey (ed.): Recueil des lettres missives de Henri IV. Volume 1: 1562–1584. Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1843, p. 14, note 1 .
  2. See Villars-les-Dombes .
  3. ^ Anselme : Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy, & des anciens Barons du Royaume. Volume 4. 3me édition, revue corrigée & augmentée. Compagnie des Libraires, Paris 1728, p. 614 .

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