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.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carondelet, Jan I 1428 births 1502 deaths People from Dole, Jura History of Burgundy 16th-century French judges 15th-century politicians 15th-century French judges