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Nicolas D'Angennes
Nicolas d'Angennes, sieur de Rambouillet ( –) was a French noble, governor, diplomat and soldier during the French Wars of Religion. The son of Jacques d'Angennes and Isabelle Cottereau, Rambouillet rose fast during the civil wars. In 1568, he was made a chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Michel and governor of Maine. In this period he served as a diplomat for the French crown, being given a mission to travel to England. With Anjou, the brother of the king's, election as king of the Commonwealth in 1573, he was dispatched as Anjou's ''vice-roi'' to the Commonwealth court in Kraków to thank the senate for his election, and prepare the way for his lord. Upon Anjou's arrival, he would be selected (alongside Retz) as the main conduits between the French court in the country and the local aristocracy. Tiring of the court, he departed back to France, only to again find himself on a mission to the Commonwealth, to inform Anjou that he was now king of France. The new king, now styling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles D'Angennes
Charles d'Angennes, marquis de Rambouillet (1577 - Paris, 26 February 1652) was a French noble and diplomat. Biography He was the only son of Nicolas d'Angennes and Julienne d'Arquenay. He became lord then marquis of Rambouillet (1612) and Pisani, Baron de Talmont, Lord of Arquenay, Vidame & Sénéchal du Mans, captain of the 2nd company of the Hundred Gentlemen of the Household of the King. In 1610 he was appointed Grand Master of the King's Wardrobe and a Knight in the Order of the Holy Spirit (1619). He was also State Councilor, Colonel-General of the Italian Infantry (1620) and Maréchal de camp (1620). Appointed Ambassador of France to Italy, he negotiated in 1614 and then in 1615, during the War of the Montferrat Succession, the first and second peace treaties between Louis XIII and the Duke of Savoy. In 1627 he was sent as extraordinary ambassador to Piedmont and Spain. Marriage and children He married in 1600 with Catherine de Vivonne, who became an important soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François I Of France
Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII of France, Louis XII, who died without a son. A prodigious patron of the arts, he promoted the emergent French Renaissance by attracting many Italian artists to work for him, including Leonardo da Vinci, who brought the ''Mona Lisa'' with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the growth of central power in France, the spread of humanism and Protestantism, and the beginning of French exploration of the New World. Jacques Cartier and others claimed lands in the Americas for France and paved the way for the expansion of the first French colonial empire. For his role in the development and promotion of the French language, he became known as ''le Père et Resta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kinloch (post Master)
John Kinloch or Killoch was keeper of the royal tennis courts, a post master and stable owner in 16th-century Edinburgh and the proprietor of house used for lodgings and banquets. Career John Kinloch was a son or relative of Henry Kinloch, a merchant burgess of the Canongate. Their house gave the former name "Kinloch's Close" to a site more recently known as Brodie's Close at the foot of the Canongate, close to the Palace. The 19th-century historian Daniel Wilson connected the name of another Kinloch's close, further west up the street from the palace, near New Street, to Henry Kinloch and the entertainment of the French ambassador in 1565, which seems a less likely location. Henry Kinloch hosted the French ambassador Rambouillet in February 1566. The ambassador was entertained at Holyrood Palace by Mary, Queen of Scots in "maskrie and mumschance" during which her ladies were dressed in men's apparel. The visit caused some scandal in the Canongate. Marion Cowan said that Isobel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holyroodhouse
The Palace of Holyroodhouse ( or ), commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace or Holyroodhouse, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyroodhouse has served as the principal royal residence in Scotland since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining. The late Queen Elizabeth II spent one week in residence at Holyroodhouse at the beginning of each summer, where she carried out a range of official engagements and ceremonies. The 16th-century historic apartments of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the State Apartments, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public throughout the year, except when members of the royal family are in residence. The Queen's Gallery was built at the western entrance to the Palace of Holyroodhouse and opened in 2002 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection. The gardens of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
