Charles, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon

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Charles de Bourbon
Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon
Philippe de Montespedon
IssueHenri, Marquis de Beaupré
FatherLouis de Bourbon, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
MotherLouise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

Charles de Bourbon, Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon, (c. 1515-10 October 1565), was a

Henri II, commanding an army during the 1554 campaign into the Spanish Netherlands
.

Upon the death of Henri II in 1559, he found himself gaining favour under the insecure

François II
.

Receiving the governorship of the city of

François de Montmorency
.

With the

Louis, Duke of Montpensier
.

Early life and family

He was the second son of

Louis, Duke of Montpensier.[1]

He married in 1544 to

Philippe de Montespedon, dame de Beaupré († 1578), but their children predeceased him:[citation needed
]

  • Henri, Marquis de Beaupré († 1560)
  • Jeanne (1547 † 1548)

Reign of Henri II

He served with his elder brother

Emperor Charles V, in Provence (1536), Artois (1537), in Roussillon (1542) and Champagne (1544). He was captured near Chalons-sur-Marne. Released, he was part of the expedition charged with defending Metz, besieged by Charles V in 1552.[citation needed
]

Campaign of 1554

Frustrated by the paltry gains of the campaign of 1553, Henri organised a vigorous campaign for the following year. Three armies were prepared and instructed to advance into the southern

François, Duke of Guise inflicted a shocking defeat on the imperial army sent to relieve the town.[2]

Reign of François II

Place on the council

At the advent of the young

Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis. As a result, he was largely absent from France during the consolidation of the Guise government. [3] The Guise were keen to win his support for their regime, and offered him a place on the conseil privé.[4]

Conspiracy of Amboise

The fledgling government was seriously shaken by the

Berry, Beauce and Montargis. To serve under La Roche-sur-Yon, the sieur de Sipierre was selected as lieutenant-general.[5] When an Assembly of Notables met in August 1560 to address the kingdoms financial and religious problems, La Roche-sur-Yon and his brother were among the many notables present, the only leading nobles absent being Condé and Navarre.[6]

Governor of the Orléannais

As governor of this large region of the interior, La Roche-sur-Yon sought to chart a moderate religious line. While instructing the Protestants of his territory not to gather in public or under arms, he promised that he would not interfere if they held private assemblies. To the pastors he urged restraint, until such a time where Protestants represented a large enough part of the French population that public worship could be considered.[7]

Reign of Charles IX

Governor of Paris

In 1561 he received further advancement, being made governor of

Marshal Montmorency, consolidating the Montmorency clans hold on the region.[10]

Toleration

With Catherine leading the regency government in the direction of open toleration with the

Edict of January, the Parlement of Paris reacted with fury, remonstrating the court to make Protestantism fully illegal. La Roche-sur-Yon was tasked by Catherine with presenting the courts response to Parlements request, in which the court appealed to the crisis of the moment as making toleration a practical necessity regardless of whether it was moral.[11]

During the

French wars of religion, he served in the royal army and took part in the sieges of Bourges and Rouen (1562).[citation needed
]

Governor of Dauphiné

Upon the

assassination of the Duke of Guise at the siege of Orléans, a new governor was required for Dauphiné and the crown selected La Roche-sur-Yon to fill the vacancy.[12] Laurent de Maugiron was confirmed as his lieutenant general, and in La Roche-sur-Yon's absence from his governorship was empowered to act with the powers of governor. Maugiron was a militant Catholic and the court was displeased by the way he governed Dauphiné and during the royal tour pushed him out in favour of the baron de Gordes.[13]

In July 1563, he was invited by Guise to serve as a counsellor to the betrothal of the duke of Longueville who had abjured Protestantism, and Marie de Bourbon, duchesse d'Estouteville. Alongside him were Condé and Cardinal Bourbon. The Guise hoping to isolate the Montmorency and in particular Gaspard II de Coligny who they blamed for the assassination of the duke of Guise.[14]

In October 1565 he died, and was succeeded as governor of Dauphiné by his brother Montpensier.[15]

Sources

  • Baumgartner, Frederic (1988). Henry II: King of France 1547-1559. Duke University Press.
  • Carroll, Stuart (2005). Noble Power during the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy. Cambridge University Press.
  • Carroll, Stuart (2009). Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe. Oxford University Press.
  • Harding, Robert (1978). Anatomy of a Power Elite: the Provincial Governors in Early Modern France. Yale University Press.
  • Roelker, Nancy (1996). One King, One Faith: The Parlement of Paris and the Religious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. University of California Press.
  • Taulier, Jules (1859). Notice historique sur Bertrand-Raymbaud Simiane, Baron de Gordes. Impremiere Maisonville.
  • Terrebasse, Humbert (1905). Histoire et généalogie de la famille de Maugiron, en Viennois, 1257-1767. L Brun.
  • Thompson, James (1909). The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576: The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II. Chicago University Press.

References

  1. ^ Harding 1978, p. 43.
  2. ^ Baumgartner 1988, pp. 168–169.
  3. ^ Thompson 1909, p. 7.
  4. ^ Carroll 2005, p. 94.
  5. ^ Thompson 1909, p. 63.
  6. ^ Carroll 2009, p. 126.
  7. ^ Harding 1978, p. 51.
  8. ^ Roelker 1996, p. 258.
  9. ^ Roelker 1996, p. 259.
  10. ^ Thompson 1909, pp. 126–127.
  11. ^ Roelker 1996, p. 268.
  12. ^ Harding 1978, p. 222.
  13. ^ Terrebasse 1905, pp. 101–109.
  14. ^ Carroll 2005, p. 125.
  15. ^ Taulier 1859, p. 38.
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