Lansac, Louis de Saint-Gele

The son of a diplomat Alexander de Saint-Gele de Lusignan and Jacquetta de Lansac ^{[K 1]} .

Baron de Lamothe Saint-Eure, lord de Presy-sur-Oise, Cornef, Bernon and Hurdiye.

One of the most experienced diplomats of his time, more than thirty times, according to Brantom , who traveled with various missions ^[1] .

The chartered diploma given by Francis I in Lyon on June 28, 1536, was appointed captain of the Bora in the Gironde . Participated in the war with Charles V , and in 1548 in the suppression of the uprising in Sentonge , caused by the increase in Gabel ^[2] .

Probably belonged to the Guise group. In 1551 he was sent as ambassador to England to settle the strife between the Scots and the British ^[2] . The Bois de Boulogne , concluded on March 24, was officially announced on April 20, after which Lansak arrived in Edinburgh with the British Commissioners to delimit the borders ^[3] .

During the Lorraine campaign of 1552, he was sent by Henry II to Moritz of Saxon , who decided to break the alliance with France and join the emperor. This mission was unsuccessful ^[3] .

In the same year, Lansak was sent as ambassador to Rome, to achieve the pope’s neutrality, on the way back he “accidentally” found himself near Siena, whose inhabitants at that time expelled the Spanish garrison , and became the first French representative in the republic who announced the adoption of the city under the patronage of the king ^{[4] [5]} .

In the spring of 1553 he was again sent to Rome. August 11 was captured by the Spaniards while trying to infiltrate the besieged Siena, where he had to change the seriously ill Blaise de Montluc . Contained in the fortress of San Miniato . Released in mid-November, and next year sent to assist the ambassador in Rome, Ode de Selva , to the conclave, to support Reginald Pole's candidacy ^[6] .

He participated in the diplomatic consultations that preceded the opening of the Mark peace conference , and, possibly, accompanied the French representatives in the negotiations. After the failure of negotiations, Lansak was sent on a mission to Pope Paul IV to find out the position of the new pontiff. Accompanied the French ambassador d'Avanson and participated in the conclusion of the treaty of alliance on December 15, 1555 ^[7] .

Was under the papal legate of Cardinal Carlo Carafe during his mission in Paris. After the severance of the Vosselsky Armistice, he was sent to Italy, and on September 7, 1556, arrived in Rome, where he received command of a thousand Gascons guarding the Flaminian and Pincian gates. During the defense of Rome from the troops of the Duke Alba Lansak came into conflict with Carafa, who began separate negotiations with the enemy. The cardinal sent a complaint to the king, and Henry recalled his ambassador, who left Rome on February 7, 1557 ^[8] .

For some time Lansak was in disfavor, but then was returned to the court by the efforts of the constable Montmorency , and was appointed tutor to the Dauphin Francois and Prince Charles ^[9] .

He was State Counselor, Surintendant of the House of Queen Mother Ekaterina de Medici , the representative of France at the Council of Trent . In 1568 he was appointed captain of the 2nd company of 100 nobles of the King's House ^[10] .

September 29, 1577 Henry III granted the Knights of the Order of St. Michael , and December 21, 1579 the Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit . On the occasion of the last award, he presented evidence of his origin from the old and famous Lusignan family (through Rorgon de Saint-Gele, son of Hugh VII lo Bren ), whose name he took, having quartered, with the permission of the king, his coat of arms, and adding Lusignan emblems ^{[11 ]} .

On the general states in Blois in October 1588 he supported the project of transferring the crown to Catherine's grandson Heinrich of Lorraine , delivered a solemn speech on the occasion of promulgation of the resolutions of the Council of Trent, in which he declared that all the decisions of this council were inspired by the Holy Spirit ^[12] .

The General Counsel of the Paris Parliament, Jacques d'Essess, asked Lansac if he was sure of his words? Having received an affirmative answer, d'Esssess announced the contents of the letters sent by Lansack to the French ambassador in Rome, which revealed the backstage side of the negotiations, and jokingly reported that "couriers bring the Holy Spirit from Rome to Trento every week in their suitcases" ^[13] .

For Lansaka, the announcement of correspondence became a great humiliation, from which he came down sick, without ceasing to repeat: "All my life I wanted to be talked about, but now I have to wish that I was forgotten" ^[13]

1st wife (c. 1542): Jeanne de Laroschandry (c. 1525–1563), daughter of Baron Philippe de Larochandry and Jeanne de Beaumont. She brought to the dowry the lordor Laroshandri near Angouleme , which made Louis de Saint-Gele, who had possessions in Sentonje and Angoumois , one of the most influential lords of the region ^[2] .

Children:

• Claude de Saint-Gele , Dame de Presy. Male (1.09.1564): Charles de Luxe , sovereign Comte de Lux (1535-1604)
• Guy de Saint- Gele (3.12.1544—1622), lord de Lanzac. Wife (contract, 08/08/1571): Antoinette Rafen (c. 1554—), daughter of François Rafain, señor d'Aze-le-Rideau, and Nicole Leroy-Chavigny

2nd wife (10/8/1565): Gabriel de Rochechouart (1530–1594), daughter of François de Rochechouart, Seignora de Mortemar, and Rene Tavo

Children:

• Charles de Saint-Jelly (d. 1586)
• Claude de Saint-Gele , Dame de les in Bearn
• Francois de Saint- Gele (c. 1567—), Abbot Saint-Lo

Bastard:

• Jurben de Saint-Jelly (1541-5.02.1613), Bishop of Comenage from 1570

• Bourrousse de laffore J. de. Les Lusignan du Poitou et de l'Agenois // Revue de l'Agenais. - Agen: P. Noubel, 1881.
• Correspondance politique de M. de Lanssac (Louis de Saint-Gelais), 1548-1557 / publ. par C. Sauzé de Lhoumeau. - Poitiers: Société Française d'imprimerie et de librairie, 1904. [1]
• Moreri L. Le Grand dictionnaire historique ou Le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane. T. ix. - P .: Les libraires associés, 1759, p. 39 (lettre S) [2]
• Poullain de Saint-Foix G.-F. Histoire de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit. T. ii. - P .: Pissot, 1775.
• Romier L. Henri II et l'Italie (1547–1555): d'après des documents originaux inédits. - P .: Perrin, 1913.

• SAINT GELAIS, seigneurs de Précy de 1570 à 1594 - histoiredeprecy.com
• Saint-Gelais, baron de la Mothe-Saint-Héray, seigneur de Lansac (1512-1589) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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• Louis de Saint Gelais Seigneur de Précy 1570-1589 (1513 - 1589) - histoiredeprecy.com
• Louis de Saint-Gelais de Lusignan - Armorial de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit