François Regnard was a French renaissance composer. He studied and sang, and later was maître de chapelle at Tournai Cathedral

Tournai Cathedral

The Cathedral of Our Lady is Roman Catholic church, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia's major heritage since 1936 and as a World Heritage Site since 2000.-History:...

. He is mainly remembered for his settings of Ronsard's chansons.

Recordings can be found in anthologies of chansons by the Ensemble Clement Janequin

Ensemble Clément Janequin

The Ensemble Clément Janequin is a French early music ensemble founded in 1978 and specializing in the chansons of the Renaissance and early Baroque.The founder, and leader, is the countertenor Dominique Visse...

, by Parthenia, and by the Egidius Kwartet.

He is no known relation to Jacob Regnart

Jacob Regnart

Jacob Regnart was a Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer. He spent most of his career in Austria and Bohemia, where he wrote both sacred and secular music.-Biography:Regnart was born at Douai...

(1540s–1599), a more famous Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer who spent most of his career in Prague.