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Jan (Jean) I Carondelet (1428,
Dole, Jura
Dole (, sometimes pronounced ) is a commune in the Jura department, of which it is a subprefecture (''sous-préfecture''), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, in Eastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 23,711.
History
Dole was ...
– 2 March 1502,
Mechelen) was a
Burgundian jurist and politician. He was the son of Jean Carondelet and Jeanne de Basan.
Life
After promising studies, he became a judge in Besançon. Around 1460
Philip the Good took him on as
master of requests and as one of his councillors.
Charles the Bold
Charles I (Charles Martin; german: Karl Martin; nl, Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: ''der Kühne''; Dutch: ''de Stoute''; french: le Téméraire), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. ...
confirmed him in these functions and trusted him with diplomatic treaties and negotiations.
From 1473 to 1477, Carondelet was the first chairman of the
parliament of Mechelen that was created by Charles the Bold.
From 1480 to 1496 Carondelet was
chancellor of the
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy (; la, Ducatus Burgundiae; french: Duché de Bourgogne, ) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the ...
and the
Burgundian Netherlands
In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands (french: Pays-Bas bourguignons, nl, Bourgondische Nederlanden, lb, Burgundeschen Nidderlanden, wa, Bas Payis borguignons) or the Burgundian Age is the period between 1384 and ...
.
In 1480 he bought the Castle of Solre-sur-Sambre to Antoine de Mortagne
He was married to Marguerite de Chassey and they had six sons and five daughters. His oldest son was Claude I Carondelet and his second son was
Jan II Carondelet. Another son was
Ferry Carondelet
Ferry Carondelet (also Ferricus Carondelet) (1473 – 27 June 1528) was a Habsburg diplomat, advisor to Margaret of Austria and abbot at Montbenoît. He was the younger brother of Jean Carondelet.
Biography
Ferry Carondelet was born in ...
.
Literature
*J. P. Gachard, ''Jean Carondelet'', in: Biographie nationale de Belgice, Book III, 1872.
External links
Official site of the castle ofSolre-sur-Sambre.
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1428 births
1502 deaths
People from Dole, Jura
History of Burgundy
16th-century French judges
15th-century politicians
15th-century French judges