Antoine de Castelnau

Antoine de Castelnau, (died 1539), Bishop of Tarbes, was a French diplomat, who served as an ambassador to England and Spain during the reign of Francis I.^[1][2]

Antone de Castelnau
Bishop of Tarbes
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Tarbes
Elected	1534
Term ended	1539
Predecessor	Gabriel de Gramont
Successor	Louis de Castelnau
Other post(s)	Abbot of Divielle
Personal details
Born	France
Died	1539 Toledo, Spain
Nationality	French
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Louis de Castelnau, baron of Castelnau, Miremont, Buanes and Bats Susanne de Gramont

Biography

Antoine de Castelnau was the son of Louis de Castelnau, baron of Castelnau, Miremont, Buanes and Bats (1460 – before 1529), and Susanne de Gramont (died after 1525).^[3]

Castelnau was appointed Bishop of Tarbes in 1534, a position he held until 1539.^[4] His brother, Louis de Castelnau, Abbot of Divielle (died 1549), succeeded him as Bishop of Tarbes in 1540.^[5][6]

He succeeded Charles de Solier, comte de Morette,^[7] as Francis I's ambassador to the court of Henry VIII of England from 26 June 1535 until 1537.^[8][9][10] It was there he discovered the secret intrigues of Charles V, who had proposed a marriage between Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII, and Dom Luis, his brother-in-law, with the Duchy of Milan as the prize.^[11][12] He was succeeded as ambassador by Louis de Perreau, Sieur de Castillon.

Castelnau was in London during the dramatic fall of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, and it was under the ambassador's roof that his secretary, Lancelot de Carle, an eye-witness to the queen's trial and execution, wrote a controversial poem detailing her life and all that he had seen and heard.^[1][13]

Castelnau was later appointed ambassador to Spain.^[2]

He died in Toledo, Spain, in 1539.^[14]

Footnotes

1. Wagner 2012, p. 218.
2. Calendar of State Papers, Spain 6(1) Spain: Appendix, 252.
3. "Louis de Castelnau". Généalogie Wailly. Gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
4. Mas Latrie 1851, p. 164.
5. Richard 1762, p. 208.
6. Tems 1774, p. 458.
7. Friedmann II 1884, p. 133.
8. Friedmann I 1884, p. lxxix.
9. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle XIV:485 July to December 1840.
10. Calendar of State Papers, Spain 5(1) June 1535, 178, footnote 19.
11. Henrion 1840, p. 484.
12. Porter 2007, p. 134.
13. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII. 10: June 1536, 1036.
14. Calendar of State Papers, Spain 6(1) December 1541, 213, footnote 11.

References

• "French Ambassadors to England". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, Gent. new series. XIV. London: William Pickering ; John Bowyer Nichols and Son: 485. July–December 1840.
• Friedmann, Paul (1884). Anne Boleyn: A Chapter in English History, 1527-1536. Vol. I. London: Macmillan and Co.
• Friedmann, Paul (1884). Anne Boleyn: A Chapter in English History, 1527-1536. Vol. II. London: Macmillan and Co.
• Henrion, Mathieu-Richard-Auguste (1851). Histoire de France depuis l'établissement des Francs dans la Gaule Jusqu'a Nos Jours. Vol. 3. Paris: Bureau de la Bibliotheque Ecclesiastique. p. 484.
• "Henry VIII: June 1536, 1–5". Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII. British-history.ac.uk. 1887. pp. 424–440. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
• "Louis de Castelnau". Généalogie Wailly. Gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
• Mas Latrie, Louis de (1851). Migne, J.-P. (ed.). Dictionnaire de Statistique Religieuse et de l'Art de Vérifier les dates ... Nouvelle Encyclopédie Théologique ou Nouvelle Série de Dictionnaires sur Toutes les Parties de la Science Religeuse ... Vol. 9. Paris: J.-P. Migne. p. 164.
• Porter, Linda (2007). Mary Tudor: The First Queen. London: Piatkus. ISBN 978-0-7499-0982-6.
• Richard, Charles-Louis (1762). Dictionnaire Universel, Dogmatique, Canonique, Historique, Géographique et Chronologique des Sciences Ecclésiastiques ... Vol. 5. Paris: Jacques Rollin ; Charles-Antoine Jambert ; Jean-Baptiste-Claude Bauche. p. 208.
• "Spain: Appendix". Calendar of State Papers, Spain. British-history.ac.uk. 1890. pp. 513–527. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
• "Spain: June 1535, 16-30". Calendar of State Papers, Spain. British-history.ac.uk. 1886. pp. 492–506. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
• "Spain: December 1541, 1-20". Calendar of State Papers, Spain. British-history.ac.uk. 1890. pp. 406–425. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
• Tems, Hugues Du (1774). Le Clergé de France, ou Tableau Historique et Chronologique des Archevêques, Evêques, Abbés, Abbesses, & Chefs des Chapitres Principaux du Royaume, Depuis la Fondation des Eglises, jusqu'a Nos Jours. Vol. 1. Paris: Delalain. p. 458.
• Wagner, John A.; Schmid, Susan Walters (2012). Encyclopedia of Tudor England (hardback). Vol. 1. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842982.

External links

• Antoine de Castelnau Family tree
• Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes Bishops of Tarbes
• L'Abbaye de Divielle des Origines aux Ruines Divielle Abbey