Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol

French noble

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1491

Place of Birth: Ham, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1545

Profession: general officer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol

  • Francis I de Bourbon, Count of St.
  • Pol, Duke of Estouteville (6 October 1491 – 1 September 1545), was a French prince and important military commander during the Italian Wars. Francis was the second son of Francis, Count of VendĂ´me and Marie de Luxembourg, Countess of Saint-Pol.
  • As such he was a prince du sang in France.
  • His appanage, the countship of St.
  • Pol, came from his mother's Luxembourg inheritance. His marriage on the 9 February 1534 with the heiress Adrienne, Dame d’Estouteville, brought him several baronies which comprised the lands of the Norman House of Estouteville; Vallemont, Varengeville, Berneval and Cleuville.
  • These were erected for Francis into the dukedom of Estouteville by royal letters patent registered 12 September 1534 in the Parlement of Rouen, the couple's marriage contract being registered by the Parlement of Paris on 16 April 1540.
  • In 1537 he exchanged the countship of St.
  • Pol for that of Montfort-l'Amaury with King Francis I, but in 1544 it was returned to him to enjoy as before the war. He was knighted by Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard after the Battle of Marignano in 1515.
  • He participated in the defence of MĂ©zières in 1521, fought under Bonnivet and Bayard at the lost Battle of the Sesia (1524) and was made prisoner at the Battle of Pavia in 1525. In 1527 he became governor of the DauphinĂ©, and was as such responsible for the French operations against Savoy and Piedmont.
  • His army was destroyed and he was taken prisoner in the Battle of Landriano, until the Treaty of Cambrai in 1529. He was present at the meeting between Francis I of France and Pope Clement VII in Marseille in 1533. In 1542, he joined the Dauphin at Picardy and Luxembourg.
  • In 1543, he was part of the French command against the English and Spanish in Picardy.
  • In the Italian War of 1542–1546, he was charged with the conquest of Savoy.
  • He advised against the Battle of Ceresole (1544), but was overruled by Blaise de Lasseran-MassencĂ´me, seigneur de Montluc, who won the battle.

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