François de Joyeuse
François de Joyeuse (24 June 1562 – 23 August 1615) was a French churchman and politician.[1]
Biography
Born at
Archbishop of Rouen on 1 December 1604.[6] He was a Knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit
.
His brothers Anne and Claude were captured in 1587 after the
Henri de Montpensier
in 1597.
On 16 February 1587 he was appointed by Henry III French minister to the
Marguerite de Valois, opening the way for a second marriage to Marie de' Medici
.
François became
Archbishop of Rouen in 1604, though he did not take up residence. He participated in the papal conclaves of 1605. Between 1606 and 1607 he played a decisive role in negotiating a rapprochement between the Papacy and Venice, at the time of the Venetian Interdict.[9] After the murder of Henry IV in 1610 he lost influence at the court of the Regent, Marie de' Medici. He died at Avignon
, aged 53, while travelling to Rome.
Notes
- ^ The early biography is Antoine Aubery, L'histoire du cardinal duc de Joyeuse, Paris, 1654.
- ^ Guillaume de Joyeuse (1520-1592), vicomte de Joyeuse, seigneur de Saint Didier, de Laudun, de Puyvert et d’Arques, maréchal de France.
- ^ Pierre de Vaissière, Messieurs de Joyeuse (1560–1615), Paris, 1926.[page needed]
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica 1911, under "Joyeuse".
- ^ Bernard Barbiche, "L'influence française à la cour pontificale sous le règne de Henri I", Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 77.1 (1965:277-99) p. 281.
- ^ See under Cardinalate on the website Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia under "Henri, Duc de Joyeuse"
- ^ Bernard Barbiche, "L'influence française à la cour pontificale sous le règne de Henri I", Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire, 77.1 (1965:277-99).
- ^ Barbiche 1965.[page needed]
External links
- OCLC 53276621.
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