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François de Bonne, Duc de Lesdiguières

Also known as: François de Bonne, Duc de Lesdiguières; primary name: Bonne, François de; other name: (Duc de) Lesdiguières; other name: (Duc) François de Bonne; other name: de Bonne, François
Details: individual; military/naval; French; Male
Life dates: 1543-1626
Biography: Officer; Protestant leader during the French Wars of Religion (later converted to catholicism, 1622); Governor of Grenoble (1591), councillor of state (1595), Lieutenant General of Dauphiné (1597). Marshal of France (1609), Duke of Lesdiguières and Peer of France (1611), Governor of Dauphiné (1612), Constable of France in 1622, Knight of the Order of the Saint-Esprit in 1622. After his death the charge of Constable of France was abolished, making him the last man to have worn that title.

Title: François de Bonne Duc Desdiguieres Connestable de France |
Museum number: 2AA+,a.71.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel LasnePublished by:Nicolas de Mathonière |
Production date: 1620-1667

Title: François de Bonne Duc Desdiguieres Connestable de France |
Museum number: Bb,11.698 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel LasnePublished by:Nicolas de Mathonière |
Production date: 1620-1667

Title: François de Bonne Duc de Lesdiguières Pair et Connestable de France |
Museum number: R,6.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Grégoire HuretAfter:Daniel Dumonstier |
Production date: 1638

Title: Francesco de Bonne Duca dell'Ediguiera Paris, maresciallo, e Contestabile di Francia &c |
Museum number: 1909,0127.19 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC