Gilles de Souvré, Marquis de Courtanvaux, Baron de Lezines (c. 1540 – 1626),

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, belonged to an old family of the Perche. He accompanied the

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in 1573, and was appointed master of the wardrobe and captain of Vincennes when Anjou became Henry III. He remained in favour, despite the opposition of the queen-mother, Catherine de' Medici, fought at Contras, defended

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against the Leaguers, was named chévalier de Saint Esprit and governor of

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(1585), and was one of the first to recognize Henry IV (1589), who subsequently entrusted him with the education of the dauphin.

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rewarded him with the title of marshal in 1613. He died in

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in 1626.

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