Jean VI. d'Aumont
Jean VI. d'Aumont , comte de Châteauroux , baron d'Estrabonne (* 1522 in Châteauroux, † August 19, 1595 in Rennes ), was a Maréchal de France .
Life
Jean VI. d'Aumont belonged to a noble family from Picardy , whose origins can be traced back to the 12th century.
Born in the Château du Parc in Châteauroux, he was the son of Pierre III. d'Aumont, seigneur d' Estrabonne and Nolay (Côte-d'Or), royal chamberlain, and Françoise de Sully (from the younger branch of Sens-Beaujeu, Cors and Romefort in the province of Berry , descendant of Gilon II. sire de Sully).
Jean VI. d'Aumont married in 1559 his first wife Antoinette Chabot de Charny, daughter of Philippe Chabot de Brion , Amiral de France , comte de Charny and Buzançais , and Françoise de Longwy, niece of King François I , he .
In his second marriage he was married to Françoise Robertet d'Alluye. She came from a Berry family.
He was the grandfather of Antoine d'Aumont de Rochebaron , the first Duc d'Aumont.
Military career
His first assignment was as captain of the cavalry in the Piémont under the command of Maréchal Charles I. de Cossé, comte de Brissac .
On August 10, 1557 he was wounded in the battle of Saint-Quentin and was taken prisoner by the Spaniards.
Afterwards d'Aumont fought in the Huguenot Wars, in the Battle of Dreux on December 19, 1562, the Battle of Moncontour on September 3, 1569, the siege of La Rochelle (1573) , the capture of Fontenay-le-Comte on September 1, June 1587 as well as by Mesle and Lusignan .
On January 1, 1579, the King awarded him the Order of Chevalier de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit and on December 23 of the same year appointed him Maréchal de France. After the death of King Henri III , he was among the first to support his successor Henri IV and swear allegiance to him.
He was appointed governor of Champagne by the new king. In September 1589, d'Aumont fought against the troops of the Holy League in the Battle of Argues and stood out particularly at the Siege of Paris and the Battle of Ivry on March 14, 1690. After the lost battle of Craon on May 23, 1592, he was sent to Maine by King Henri IV to restore royal order there. There he moved into quarters in Mayenne on August 15th . Brittany was added in 1593. While he was engaged in the subjugation of this province, he was also to watch over Maine. Laval was handed over to him without resistance on April 27, 1594 after negotiations with Guillaume Le Clerc de Crannes (Capitaine of the city).
On November 17, 1594, he led the attack on the Spanish-occupied Fort de Crozon, which was located on the Pointe des Espagnols headland and in which almost all the Spaniards perished.
"The siege of Crozon [Fort de Crozon in fact] was the most glorious and terrible that took place in Brittany under the League."
During the siege of the castle of Comper (near Rennes ), d'Aumont was so badly wounded by a musket ball that he died from it on August 19, 1595 at the age of 73.
He was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery in Châteauroux .
The Maréchal d'Aumont served a total of six kings of France: François I he , Henri II , François II , Charles IX , Henri III and Henri IV .
literature
- Christine Méry-Barnabé: Célèbres en Berry. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2006, ISBN 2-84910-358-6 , pp. 33, 34.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Jean d'Aumont, Chr, Sire d'Aumont, Comte de Châteauroux. In: Henri Jougla de Morenas: Grand armorial de France. P. 284 (PDF; 47.23 MB).
- ↑ Méry-Barnabé, 2006, pp. 33-34.
- ^ Louis-Guillaume Moreau: Le Brigand de la Cornouailles, chronique bretonne sous la Ligue. Volume 1. Arnaud de Vresse / J. B. et A. Lefournier, Paris / Brest 1860, p. 117 ( digitized on Gallica ).
- ↑ Méry-Barnabé, 2006, p. 32.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aumont, Jean VI. d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Marshal of France |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1522 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chateauroux |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1595 |
| Place of death | Rennes , France |