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Jean Sauvage (1455 – 7 June 1518) was the chancellor of Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V Charles V may refer to: * Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) * Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain * Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise * Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690) * Infan ...
. He was also known as Jean Le Sauvage. Sauvage was born in
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. He studied law at the
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. In 1490 he was made a member of the council of Flanders and its president in 1497. He was made chancellor of Brabant in 1509. His rise to office occurred with the support of
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. In 1515 Sauvage was made Grand Chancellor of Burgundy. In 1517 he was made Chancellor of all of Charles' realms.


Sources

*Harold Livermore. ''A History of Spain''. New York: Grove Press, 1958. p. 208. *Peter G. Bietenholz and Thomas Brian Deutscher. ''Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renasaince and Reformation''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. p. 325-326. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauvage, Jean 1455 births 1518 deaths Chancellors (government) French politicians 16th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire 15th-century French people 16th-century French people