Jacques de Brézé

Jacques de Brézé († 1494 ) was the Grand Seneschal of Normandy (1465–1476 and 1483–1490), Count of Maulévrier , Vice-Count of Le Bec-Crespin and Marny , Lord of Anet . He was the son of Pierre de Brézé and Jeanne du Bec-Crespin.

He married Charlotte de Valois, daughter of King Charles VII and Agnès Sorel . On the night of May 31st to June 1st, 1477, he killed his wife and her lover with his sword in the Château de Rouvres because he surprised her in the act of adultery. He was sentenced to death but was pardoned on a sizeable fine that ruined him financially. In 1484 he got his property back by resolution of the parliament .

Jacques de Brézé is the author of a poem dedicated to Anne de Beaujeu , “Louanges de Madame Anne de France”, a hunting poem “La chasse” and a delicate poem dedicated to his dog, “Dits du bon chien Souillard” (around 1490) .

His son Louis de Brézé married Diane de Poitiers .

literature

Georges Bordonove : Les rois, qui ont fait la France. Department: Les Valois. Volume 5: Henri II. Roi Gentilhomme. Pygmalion, Paris 1987, ISBN 2-85704-241-8 .
Jean Favier (Ed.): Dictionnaire de la France médiévale. 2nd edition. Hachette, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-01-145278-3 ( Carré histoire 58 Les dictionnaires historiques ), keyword Brézé.

Footnotes

↑ Père Anselme , André Duchesne and Louis Moréri state Romiers (or Rosiers) les Dourdan (Essonne) as the location of the crime. A place with this name cannot be determined. Pierre Bayle, on the other hand, writes: It is not true that the act took place in Romiers near Dourdan; Jacques de Brezé stabbed his wife in the village of Rouvres, on a small river called Vegre, two miles from Houdan and half a mile from Anet . (in: Pierre Bayle: An Historial and Critical Dictionary, London 1826, pp. 265f, [1] ); see. also: Patrick Van Kerrebrouck, Les Valois (2000), p. 133. Rosiers-lez-Dourdan can be found in: Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matiéres… , 1804 [2]

personal data
SURNAME	Brézé, Jacques de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Grand Seneschal of Normandy, Count of Maulévrier, Vice-Count of Le Bec-Crespin and Marny, Lord of Anet
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	1494

[1] Père Anselme , André Duchesne and Louis Moréri state Romiers (or Rosiers) les Dourdan (Essonne) as the location of the crime. A place with this name cannot be determined. Pierre Bayle, on the other hand, writes: It is not true that the act took place in Romiers near Dourdan; Jacques de Brezé stabbed his wife in the village of Rouvres, on a small river called Vegre, two miles from Houdan and half a mile from Anet . (in: Pierre Bayle: An Historial and Critical Dictionary, London 1826, pp. 265f, [1] ); see. also: Patrick Van Kerrebrouck, Les Valois (2000), p. 133. Rosiers-lez-Dourdan can be found in: Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matiéres… , 1804 [2]