Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas
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Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas or Jean Villier de la Grolaie, or Groslaye etc., also called the Cardinal of Saint-Denis (died 1499), was a
Biography
Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas was born in Gascony in 1435 or 1439, the son of a noble family.[1] His father was the seigneur of Lagraulas, Camicas and, probably, Billère.[1]
Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas entered the
He served as a
In gratitude for his service, Louis XI of France had him elected
In 1477, Bilhères was Louis XI's
In 1485,
Charles VIII recommended that the pope make Bilhères a cardinal, and, before his death,
He accompanied King Charles VIII in his entrance in Rome on 31 December 1494 at the start of the
On 26 October 1496 he was named
In 1498, he commissioned
He died in Rome on 6 August 1499.[1] He is buried in the Chapel of St. Petronilla in St. Peter's Basilica.[1]