Christophe de Thou (1508 – 1 November 1582) was an eminent French advocate, and the First President of the

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. De Thou became Président in 1554, and Premier Président on 14 December 1562, of the Parlement de Paris. He also served as chancellor to the Duke of Anjou and

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, and advisor to

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, Charles IX of France, and

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. De Thou was a member of a respected family from Champagne. He was son of Augustin de Thou (d. 1544) and Claude de Thou (d 1523), also Président of the Parlement de Paris, and brother to

Nicolas de Thou Nicolas de Thou (1528 – 5 November 1598) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church. He was a cleric, Bishop of Chartres, and, in politics, a figure instrumental in the coronation of Henry IV of France, the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty ...

, the

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. His son,

Jacques Auguste de Thou Jacques Auguste de Thou (Thuanus) (8 October 1553, Paris – 7 May 1617, Paris) was a French historian, book collector and president of the Parliament of Paris. Life Jacques Auguste de Thou was the grandson of , president of the Parliament ...

(1553–1617), became a noted French historian. He was also the husband of Jacqueline de Tuleu and father of Anne de Thou and Jacques Auguste de Thou.

References

* R. (Roland) Delachenal, ''Histoire des avocats au Parlement de Paris, 1300-1600'', E. Plon, Nourrit, 1885. Page 397. * Edouard Mougis, ''Histoire du Parlement de Paris'', Tome 3, Burt Franklin Research & Source Works Series #159, Ayer Publishing, New York. Page 216. . * Julia Pardoe, ''The Life of Marie de Medicis'', vol. 2, Kessinger Publishing, 2004. Page 53. . * G. H. (George Herbert) Powell, ''Duelling Stories of the Sixteenth Century from the French of Brantôme'', a translation of ''Discours sur les duels de Brantôme'',

A. H. Bullen Arthur Henry Bullen, often known as A. H. Bullen, (9 February 1857, London – 29 February 1920, Stratford-on-Avon) was an English editor in chief, editor and publisher, a specialist in 16th and 17th century literature, and founder of the Shakespe ...

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