Dupra, Antoine

Even under Louis XII, he enjoyed political influence and was in 1507 the first president of the Paris parliament when Louise of Savoy entrusted him with the education of her son, the future king Francis I. Upon accession to the throne (1515), the latter made Dupra his chancellor.

Dupra conducted negotiations in Bologna with Pope Leo X on the abolition of pragmatic sanctions and concluded a concordat with Pope in 1516

This is due to the high taxes that Dupra tried to cover huge military expenses, gave him many enemies; nevertheless, until the end of his life, he enjoyed the favor of the king and his mother and all the while retained a tremendous influence on French politics. During the absence of the king and his captivity in 1526–27, Dupra, together with Louise of Savoy, stood at the head of the regency.

Widowed in 1517, Dupra entered the clergy, was appointed Archbishop of Sansa , and in 1527 received a cardinal hat. In 1528, at the Parisian residence of the San Archbishops, the Hotel de Sans , Cardinal Dupra built a bishop's council, which at his insistence condemned the teachings of Luther . Subsequently, he issued the strictest edicts against the adherents of the Reformation . In 1534, in vain sought the papal tiara .

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