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Philippes de Montespedon

Philippes de Montespedon

Philippe(s) de Montespedon, Princess of La Roche-sur-Yon, Dame de Chemillé and Dame de Beaupreau (d. 1578), was a French princess and courtier. She was Première dame d'honneur to the queen dowager regent of France, Catherine de' Medici, from 1561 until 1578.

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Charles, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon

Charles, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon

Charles de Bourbon, Prince de la Roche-sur-Yon, (c. 1515 – 10 October 1565), was a Prince of the Blood and provincial governor under three French kings. He fought in the latter Italian wars during the reign of Henri II, commanding an army during the 1554 campaign into the Spanish Netherlands.

Upon the death of Henri II in 1559, he found himself gaining favour under the insecure Guise regime, who were keen to ensure they had the support of the princes. La Roche-sur-Yon was granted first a place on their council, and with the regime battered by the Conspiracy of Amboise he was granted a super-governorship centred on the Duchy of Orléans. Governing his charge with a moderate religious policy, Catherine de Medici was keen to court him when she assumed the regency for her young son Charles IX upon the premature death of François II.

Receiving the governorship of the city of Paris in 1561 he again demonstrated his tolerance of Protestantism allowing prêches to occur without the intervention of the authorities even though they were technically against the law. During the Riot of Saint-Medard his officials would blame the Catholics for starting the violent confrontation, which proved a bridge too far for the Catholics at court. Catherine excised him from the governorship in January 1562 in favour of François de Montmorency.

With the death of François, Duke of Guise at the hands of an assassin during the siege of Orléans, La Roche-sur-Yon was granted his governorship of Dauphiné, authority in the province itself flowing first through Laurent de Maugiron and then the baron de Gordes before La Roche-sur-Yon died in October 1565, the province being taken over by his brother Louis, Duke of Montpensier.

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