Frédéric Perrenot
Frédéric Perrenot (1536–1600), lord of Champagney, baron of Renaix, was a soldier and diplomat in Habsburg service.
Life
Perrenot was born in Barcelona on 3 April 1536, the fifth and youngest son of Nicole Bonvalot and
In a memorandum to the
While in captivity, he wrote pamphlets against the rebels, including Advis d'ung bon bourgois de la ville de Gand, clandestinely printed in 1583, which elicited a reply from Marnix of Saint-Aldegonde.
After the reconciliation of Ghent on 17 September 1584, Perrenot was liberated through a prisoner exchange. He was appointed commander of Ghent citadel, with a garrison of Walloon troops. In September 1585 he was again appointed governor of Antwerp, where he negotiated the rebuilding of Antwerp Citadel with the city council, but was removed from office the following year.[2] He became a vocal critic of Alexander Farnese, who on 14 October 1592 ordered him to leave Brussels and return to his native Burgundy. He settled in Dole, dying there in 1600.[2]
Writings
- Recueils contenans par quels moyens les gens de guerre Espaignols ammenez es Pays Bas par le duc d'Alve, s'estans mutinez en iceux diverses fois, entrerent en Anvers (Lyon, 1578).[4]
- Advis d'ung bon bourgois de la ville de Gand (1583).[5]
References
- ^ A.L.P. de Robaulx de Soumoy (ed.), Mémoires de Frédéric Perrenot sieur de Champagney, 1573-1590 (Brussels, 1860), p. vi. On Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f Ernest Gossart, "Perrenot (Frédéric)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 17 (Brussels, 1903), 46-59.
- ^ J. Van Vloten, Brieven van F. Perrenot de Champagney (julij-october 1576), offprint from Bijdragen tot the Oudheidkunde en Geschiedenis, inzonderheid van Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen, 5 (1860), pp. 238-273.
- ^ "Recueils d'Aretophile, contenans par quels moyens les gens de guerre Espaignols ammenez es Pays bas par le Duc d'Alue, s'estans mutinez en iceux diuerses fois, entrerent en Anuers". 1578.
- ^ De Champagney, F. P. (1583). "Advis d'ung bon bourgois de la ville de Gand, qui resent amèrement des calamités de sa ville, du Comté de Flandres, & en fin de tous les Païs bas translaté de flamen en francois".