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Léonor Chabot
French noble and lieutenant-general (-1597) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Léonor Chabot, comte de Charny and Busançais[1] (–1597) was a French noble, military commander, lieutenant-general and royal courtier during the reigns of Charles IX, Henri III and Henri IV. The son of the Admiral of France and Françoise de Longwy Charny was elevated rapidly, being inducted into the royal chivalric order of Saint-Michel in 1555. In 1571 he became lieutenant-general of Bourgogne, succeeding his uncle-in-law Marshal Tavannes, he quickly followed this by succeeding to one of the great offices of state, that of Grand Écuyer, a charge previously held by his father-in-law the sieur de Boisy. During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre he protected the Protestants of Dijon. In 1578 he became a conseiller d'État (councillor of state) and seneschal of Bourgogne.
Léonor Chabot | |
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comte de Charny comte de Busançais | |
![]() Charny protecting the Protestants of Dijon during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre | |
Died | August 1597 |
Noble family | Maison de Chabot |
Spouse(s) | Claude Gouffier Françoise de Rye |
Issue | Catherine Chabot Charlotte Chabot Marguerite Chabot Catherine Chabot Françoise Chabot Léonore Chabot |
Father | Philippe de Chabot |
Mother | Françoise de Longwy |
During the crisis of the Catholic ligue he was looked to by the court to be a reliable royalist and oppose the ligueur governor duc de Mayenne (duke of Mayenne) under whom he was technically subordinate. Charny had a key role to play in the crisis that followed the deposition of the ligueur aligned governor of Auxonne in November 1585, acting as the protector of Henri's interests in the governate. He first tried to appeal to the city, but when that failed Henri appointed him temporary governor of the city while the ligueur baron de Sennecey would assume more permanent command. He was refused entry to Auxonne however, and the city began to arm for its defence, much to his annoyance. The king resolved to force the town back into obedience, and Charny was tasked with supporting the siege of the city. However neither he nor the king were particularly interested in seeing the siege brought to a rapid conclusion, that might benefit the ligue and therefore his force was too weak to conduct a siege. The city was negotiated into surrender in August 1586. In early 1589 Charny sold the office of grand écuyer to the new royal favourite the baron de Termes, he was soon afterwards forcefully dispossessed of the lieutenant-generalcy of Bourgogne by the rebellious duc de Mayenne, who installed the seigneur de Fervaques in his stead. In 1597 he died, and was succeeded by his five surviving daughters to his lands.