Letter of Francis I to the Drogman Janus Bey 28 December 1546 delivered by Aramon

Claude II de l’Aubespine, seigneur de Hauterive et de la Forêt-Thaumieres, baron of

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. (1510 – 11 November 1567) was a French diplomat, and Secretary of State.

Life

From 1537 until 1567 he was one of the four Secretaries of State (ministers managing the government). He was one of the plenipotentiary of France to the

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, ending the

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. He served as secretary of state to kings

Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to: * Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407) * Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450 * Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547 * Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lau ...

, Henry II, Francis II and Charles IX. He was associated with the

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, where he produced an edict of tolerance for reforms (1560) and the "reddition de Bourges" (1562).

Family

Claude de l'Aubespine married Jeanne Bochetel, a daughter of the diplomat

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. Her brother Jacques Bochetel de la Forest, was a diplomat in London in the 1560s. Their children included: *

Madeleine de L'Aubépine Madeleine de l'Aubespine, dame de Villeroy (1546 – 1596) was a French aristocrat, lady in waiting to Catherine de Medicis, poet, and literary patron. She was one of the only female poets praised by "the prince of poets," Pierre de Ronsard and ...

(1546-1596). * Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf (1547-1625), who was a diplomat in London, involved in the affairs of

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.William Barclay Turnbull, ''Letters of Mary Scots'' (London, 1845), pp. 344-363.

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1510 births 1567 deaths Politicians from Orléans Barons of France French Foreign Ministers French Naval Ministers Mayors of Tours 16th-century French diplomats Court of Henry II of France {{France-diplomat-stub