Jean de Dormans

Jean de Dormans († November 7, 1373 in Paris ) was bishop , cardinal , chancellor of France and keeper of the seal under the kings John II and Charles V.

He was the son of a public prosecutor at the parliament , himself a doctor of canon law and in 1352 already a lawyer at the parliament. 1359-1361 he was Bishop of Lisieux , 1360-1368 Bishop of Beauvais , in 1368 he was appointed cardinal. He is the founder of the Collège de Beauvais in Paris (1370), which he named after the city of which he was bishop.

Jean de Dormans was also Charles's Chancellor for Normandy and the Dauphiné of Charles, and when he became regent for the imprisoned King John II, he became the keeper of the seals in 1358 and thus de facto Chancellor of France, which did not prevent him from maintaining his relations with the other side (in the person of King Charles II the Evil of Navarre ). In 1359 he was replaced by Pierre de la Forêt. Jean de Dormans he was one of Charles V's negotiators at the Peace of Brétigny , which was signed on May 8, 1360. In 1362 he was appointed chancellor by the king.

When he gave up the office of Chancellor for reasons of age, his brother Guillaume de Dormans succeeded him here in 1372. Guillaume's death the following year meant that he was once again the keeper of the seals for a few months, until his own death in November 1373.

predecessor	Office	successor
Philippe d'Alençon	Bishop of Beauvais 1360–1368	Jean d'Augerant