Jean-François de La Guiche
Jean-François de La Guiche , seigneur de Saint-Géran , comte de La Palice , (* before 1569 at Château de Saint-Geran ; † December 2, 1632 at Château la Palice ) was a soldier in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. Century.
Life
He was the son of Claude de La Guiche † 1592, seigneur de Saint-Géran and Suzanne d'Isserpent, (or "des Serpents") († after April 26, 1628), dame de Chitain.
Jean-François de La Guiche earned his first spurs in 1588 under the command of Jean VI d'Aumont ( Maréchal de France ) and drew attention to himself in various actions under Henri IV . He took part in the siege of Orléans in February 1589 and in the battle of Ivry in 1590 .
He was wounded at the siege of Paris in 1588 and the siege of Rouen in 1591. He was then promoted to the Mestre de camp and was given command of the king's chevaux-légers .
After the siege of Amiens, in which he was wounded and four horses under him were shot, he was promoted to the Maréchal de camp .
From 1605 to 1610 he was a lieutenant in the la Garde du Dauphin (part of the Gendarmes de la Garde), then from July 1611 Sous-lieutenant in the Garde du corps du roi . On March 13, 1615 he became "Capitaine-lieutenant" of the Gendarmes de la garde , this rank he held until the end of his life. (The ranks in the Guard differed considerably from those in the normal army. A Sous-lieutenant in the Guard had the same rank as a captain (captain) of the infantry - with the ranks “Lieutenant en second”, “Lieutenant”, “Capitaine 2nd class "And" Capitaine en second "were still in between.)
In 1619, the now so-called Maréchal de Saint-Géran was governor , seneschal and lieutenant-général in the Bourbonnais , governor of Moulins and of Chantelle . Louis XIII made him Chevalier of the Order of the Holy Spirit on December 31st .
He was a busy military man of his day, commanding the Siege of Clerac, the Siege of Saint-Antonin , the Siege of Montauban , and the Siege of Montpellier , 1621 and 1622.
On November 24th he made his will and set off 100,000 livres for pensions and retirement funds. He also bequeathed furniture and other items amounting to 50,000 écus (approx. 3,500,000 livres) to his widow, his two daughters Marie-Gabrielle and Marie , his son Claude Maximilien Graf von Palice and the Marquise von Bouillé
He died on December 2, 1632 at the age of 63 at the Château de La Palice in Bourbonnais after 45 years of health problems. His grave is in the parish church of Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux Département Allier, in the reconstruction of which he made a massive financial contribution.
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Marriage and offspring
The Seigneur de Saint-Géran married Anne de Tournon († 1614), Dame de La Palice, daughter of Just III, in 1595. († 1571), Baron de Tournon and the Aliénor de Chabannes († 1595), Dame de La Palice and von Jaligny .
- Their children :
- Marie-Gabrielle (before 1596 at Château de La Palice - March 29, 1632 in Paris ), from 1628 to 1629 lady-in-waiting of Anna of Austria . In 1614 she married Gabriel (1597-1626), Seigneur de Chazeron, governor of the Bourbonnais , then on June 12, 1627, Timoléon d'Epinay de Saint-Luc (1580-1644), Comte d'Estelan, Maréchal de France;
- Claude Maximilien (before 1603 at Château de La Palice - January 31, 1659 in Moulins (Allier) ), Comte de La Palice, Seigneur de Saint-Géran . The title Comte de Saint-Géran was not due to him, as no nobility letter (Lettre patente) was issued for it. However, it was used as a courtesy by the royal court. He became governor and Sénéchal des Bourbonnais on May 6, 1633 .
In his second marriage, he married Susanne Aux Epaules, Dame de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, on January 23, 1619 at the Château de Sainte-Marie-du-Mont in the Manche department
- Their children:
- Marie (* 1623 - † 23 July 1710) ∞ on February 8, Charles de Lévis, 1631 4th Duc de Ventadour , Pair de France, administrator of the diocese of Lodève (May 8, 1600 - May 19, 1649 in Brive- la-Gaillarde ),
- Susanne (1626 - November 1647)
Web links
- Jean François de La Guiche on roglo.eu ;
- Googlebooks - [1]
- Googlebooks - [2]
literature
- Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux : Les Historiettes. Memories for the history of the XVIIe siècle. Volume 5. Levavasseur, Paris 1834, pp. 162 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guiche, Jean-François de La |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soldier in France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1569 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | on Château de Saint-Geran |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1632 |
| Place of death | on Château la Palice |