Pierre Nogaret de La Valette (1497–1553), Seigneur de Valette, was born in Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

, the son of Bernard Nogaret de La Valette and his wife Anne Bretolene Rouergue (1480–1530).

Pierre was a military man who fought in the Italian Wars

Italian Wars

The Italian Wars, often referred to as the Great Italian Wars or the Great Wars of Italy and sometimes as the Habsburg–Valois Wars, were a series of conflicts from 1494 to 1559 that involved, at various times, most of the city-states of Italy, the Papal States, most of the major states of Western...

. With his wife, Marguerite de L'Isle de St. Aignan (1499–1535), he had four children: Bernard de La Valette, Seigneur de Coppadel (1521-?), Gabrielle (1523–1548), Pierre (1525–1545), and Jean de Nogaret de La Valette

Jean de Nogaret de La Valette

Jean de Nogaret de La Valette was a Lieutenant General of France.He was born at Caumont-Guienne, the son of Pierre Nogaret de La Valette and Marguerite de L'Isle de St...

(1527–1575).