Aymeric Jaubert de Barrault was a
Gascon knight close to King
Henry IV of France
Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarc ...
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He was mayor of Bordeaux from 17 July 1611 to his death on 25 February 1613.
Biography
Since the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
, the Jaubert de Barrault family held the seigneuries of
Lugaignac, on the left bank of the
Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...
, and of
Blaignac near
Branne.
Aymeric occupied the positionsof Seneschal of the
Bazadais
Bazas (; oc-gsc, Vasats) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
Geography
Bazas stands on a narrow promontory above the Beuve valley 60 km/37 mi southeast of Bordeaux and 40 km/25 mi southwest of ...
and Admiral of
Guyenne
Guyenne or Guienne (, ; oc, Guiana ) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of '' Aquitania Secunda'' and the archdiocese of Bordeaux.
The name "Guyenne" comes from ''Aguyenne'', a popular transformation o ...
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During the
Franco-Savoyard War (1600–1601)
The Franco-Savoyard War of 1600-1601 was an armed conflict between the Kingdom of France, led by Henry IV, and the Duchy of Savoy, led by Charles Emmanuel I. The war was fought to determine the fate of the former Marquisate of Saluzzo, and ende ...
he was with Henry IV in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
at the start of 1601 to negotiate a peace treaty with
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel I ( it, Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. He was nicknamed (, in context "the Hot-Headed") for his rashness and military aggression.
Being ...
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By a letter to
Cardinal de Sourdis, the regent
Marie de' Medici
Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...
had him appointed mayor of Bordeaux in 1611 to replace
Antoine de Roquelaure
Antoine de Roquelaure (''Antòni de Ròcalaura'' in Occitan), lord of Roquelaure, Gaudoux, Sainte-Christie, Mirepoix, Montbert, Baron of Lavardens and Biran (1544 – Lectoure, 1625) was an important sixteenth-century French statesman and cl ...
, who had fallen out of favor for having opposed the appointment of the
Henri, Prince of Condé, as governor of Guyenne.
Roquelaure and Jaubert de Barrault cordially detested each other.
Aymeric married Guyonne de La Mothe with whom he had at least two sons: Antoine the elder, ambassador to Spain, and
Jean
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, bishop of Bazas.
He fell ill and died on 25 February 1613 while travelling to Paris at the request of the king.
His children demanded a funeral worthy of a mayor, but Parliament refused, claiming that his castle near Branne where the body was deposited was outside. of city jurisdiction.
The jurats did not attend the funeral, invoking a regulation which forbids them to leave Bordeaux.
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Mayors of Bordeaux
1613 deaths