Jean de Baudricourt was a French Grand Officer Royal and a marshal of France born in 1435 CE. He was the son of

Robert de Baudricourt Robert de Baudricourt (ca. 1400-1454), ''Seigneur de Baudricourt, Blaise, Buxy and Sorcy'' was a minor figure of 15th century French nobility. The son of the Chamberlain of the Duke of Bar, his principal claim to fame is to have been the first step ...

and Arlearde de Chambley. He died in

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on 11 May 1499.

Early career

Jean de Baudricourt began his career in the service of Duke

John II of Lorraine John II of Anjou (Nancy, France, Nancy, August 2, 1426 – December 16, 1470, Barcelona) was Duke of Lorraine from 1453 to his death. He was the son of René I of Naples, René of Anjou and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine. He was married to Mar ...

, as captain. Alongside the Duke, he rallied the rebellion of the League of the Public Good, led by the son of the Count of Charolais, Duke of Burgundy. After the battle of Montlhery and the Peace of Conflans, he embraced the King's party, as did the Duke of Lorraine. He then became a royal officer, first a captain of men-at-arms and then a bailiff.

French captain

During the war between René II, Duke of Lorraine and

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. ...

, he supported the

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and acted as an intermediary between the King of France and

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, notably by lending money to Rene II. After the invasion 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 ...

, he became

bailli A bailiff (french: bailli, ) was the king's administrative representative during the ''ancien régime'' in northern France, where the bailiff was responsible for the application of justice and control of the administration and local finances in h ...

of Chalon-sur-Saone (1477-1481). In 1477,

Louis XI Louis XI (3 July 1423 – 30 August 1483), called "Louis the Prudent" (french: le Prudent), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revol ...

sent de Baudricourt three times as ambassador to the Swiss cantons: the troops he raised allowed Burgundy to be kept under royal control. In 1478 he fought in

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with Philippe de Crèvecœur, where he commanded the troops at the battle of Guinegatte, won by Maximilian of Austria on August 7, 1479. From 1479-1480 he was captain-general of the 4,000 francs-

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s of the Captaincy of the Northeast. The king then appointed him governor of Burgundy (1481-1499), captain of Besancon and Governor of

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(March 1482-November 1483). Louis XI then sent him to war with Maximilian of Austria on the front of the Netherlands. Captain of Arras from 1479 to 1482, he negotiated the treaty of Arras of 1482.Hélène Olland, La Baronnie de Choiseul à la fin du Moyen Age (1485-1525), s. d. n. l., 1980, p.50. At the end of the reign of Louis XI, de Baudricourt was one of the King's closest advisors.

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