Claude II de l’Aubespine
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Claude II de l’Aubespine, seigneur de Hauterive, baron of Châteauneuf-sur-Loire
(1544 – 11 September 1570) was a French diplomat, and Secretary of State. He was a key negotiator in the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559).
family of merchants and lawyers in the upper Loire valley
in Burgundy, he was the brother of Sébastien de L'Aubespine. His brother-in-law was Jacques Bourdin, seigneur de Villeines, and uncle was Jean de Morvilliers.
His son-in-law was Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
. He married Marie Clutin d'Oisel.
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.-See also:*Communes of the Loiret department...
(1544 – 11 September 1570) was a French diplomat, and Secretary of State. He was a key negotiator in the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559).
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From the L'AubespineL'Aubespine
The L'Aubespine family was a French family descended from Claude de l'Aubespine, a lawyer of Orléans and bailiff of the abbey of Saint Euverte in the beginning of the 16th century...
family of merchants and lawyers in the upper Loire valley
Loire
Loire is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.-History:Loire was created in 1793 when after just 3½ years the young Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two. This was a response to counter-Revolutionary activities in Lyon...
in Burgundy, he was the brother of Sébastien de L'Aubespine. His brother-in-law was Jacques Bourdin, seigneur de Villeines, and uncle was Jean de Morvilliers.
His son-in-law was Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy
Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy was a secretary of state under four kings of France: Charles IX, Henry III, Henry IV, and Louis XIII. The most distinguished of all sixteenth-century French secretaries, Villeroy rose to prominence during the French Wars of Religion, a period of almost...
. He married Marie Clutin d'Oisel.