Claude I de l’Aubespine, seigneur de Hauterive, baron of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

Châteauneuf-sur-Loire

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(1510 – 11 November 1567) was a French diplomat, and Secretary of State.

Life

From 1537 until 1567 he was one of the four Secretaries of State (ministers managing the government). He was one of the plenipotentiary of France to the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559.

He served as secretary of state to kings Francis I

Francis I of France

Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...

, Henry II

Henry II of France

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, Francis II

Francis II of France

Francis II was aged 15 when he succeeded to the throne of France after the accidental death of his father, King Henry II, in 1559. He reigned for 18 months before he died in December 1560...

 and Charles IX

Charles IX of France

Charles IX was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death. His reign was dominated by the Wars of Religion. He is best known as king at the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.-Childhood:...

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He was associated with the Assembly of Notables

Assembly of Notables

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 at Fontainebleau

Fontainebleau

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, where he produced an edict of tolerance for reforms (1560) and the "reddition de Bourges" (1562).

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