Gilles de la Pommeraie
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He is a member of Pommeraie family, from Britanny and serves Laval Family, and possessed land of Verger Castle of MontignéMontigné
Montigné is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
and d'Entrammes (Mayenne
Mayenne
Mayenne is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.-History:Mayenne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The northern two thirds correspond to the western part of the former province of Maine...
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Son of François de la Pommeraie, Gilles was king's maître d', charged of important missions by Francis I
Francis I of France
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...
, and was involved in arrangements for the"Field of Cloth of Gold", was ambassador in Venice
Venice
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, and was president of the "Dukes Chamber" in Britanny. He was briefly French ambassador to England, where he professed his great admiration for the French-educated queen, Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...
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Husband to Jeanne Le Jeune, he obtained from Lord Jarzey the Castle of Entrammes (Mayenne) where he created two fairs and one market.