The L'Aubespine family was a French family descended from Claude de l'Aubespine, a

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Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
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of the

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of Saint Euverte in the beginning of the 16th century. His progeny gained distinction in offices connected with the law. The family fell into poor circumstances and became extinct in the 19th century. SebastiendelAubespine

Notable members

Sébastien de L'Aubespine Sébastien de L'Aubespine, abbot of Basse-Fontaine then bishop of Limoges (1518–1582) was a French noble, diplomat and political adviser during the latter Italian Wars and the early French Wars of Religion. Until 1558 he was known as the abb ...

(1518–1582) was

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of Bassefontaine, and

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of Mozac, bishop of Vannes and afterwards

bishop of Limoges The Diocese of Limoges (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lemovicensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Limoges'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in France. The diocese comprises the '' départments'' of Haute-Vienne and Creuse. After the Concordat ...

. He fulfilled important

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ic missions in

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, the

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, and

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under King

Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

and his successors. He was plenipotentiary of France to the

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. *

Claude de L'Aubespine Claude may refer to: People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English Arsenal supporter * Claude Debussy (1862–1918), ...

(1510–1567) was Sebastien's brother and

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of Chateauneuf-sur-Cher. He was a secretary of finance and he was in charge of negotiations with

in 1555 and 1559. He was commissioned several times to deal with the

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s in the king's name. * Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf (1547-1625) was Claude's son, a councillor of state and

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to England. * Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546–1596) was a French poet, who corresponded with Ronsard. She married

Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy Nicolas IV de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy (1543 – 12 November 1617) was a secretary of state under four kings of France: Charles IX, Henry III, Henry IV, and Louis XIII. The most distinguished of all sixteenth-century French secretaries, ...

. *Charles de l'Aubespine (1580–1653) was ambassador to Germany, the Low Countries,

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and England. He was Keeper of the Seals, from 1630 to 1633, and 1650 to 1651. *François de L'Aubespine, marquis de Hauterive (c. 1584-1670) was a French general. Born into an old family of counselors and secretaries of state, he was the son of Guillame de L'Aubespine, Baron of Chateauneuf, and his brother Charles L'Aubespine, marquis de Châteauneuf. He fought in the

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beginning in the early seventeenth century, serving the states of Holland against Spain. At the siege of

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in 1610, his name appears among the officers of the regiment of Bethune. In 1644 he was colonel of a French regiment.Tallemant des Réaux, ''Historiettes'' (éd. by Antoine Adam), volume I, Bibl. de la Pléiade, NRF, Gallimard, 1960 : note 3 à la p.227 (p.892). The Marquis de Hauterive was general of the French infantry in Holland and governor of

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. He later became lieutenant-general of the armies of the king. He won the confidence of Prince

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Frederick Henry (; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from his older half-brother's death on 23 April 1625 until his ...

, because of his opposition to

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religi ...

. He married Eleanor of Volvire, Marchioness of Ruffec; they had a daughter, Charlotte, mother of the Duc de Saint-Simon, famous diarist.

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