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Jean de Nogaret de La Valette

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Jean de Nogaret de La Valette (1527– December 18, 1575) was a captain and then maître de camp (camp master) of the French light cavalry (1562) and Lieutenant General of Guyenne (1574). He fought in the battles of Dreux (1562), Moncontour and Jarnac (1569) and the siege of La Rochelle (1573).

He was born at Caumont-Guienne, the son of Pierre Nogaret de La Valette (1497–1553) and Marguerite de L'Isle de St. Aignan (1499–1535), and fought at the siege of La Rochelle.

With his wife, Jeanne de St Lary de Bellegarde, he had:

Sources

  • Le Roux, Nicolas (2000). La Faveur du Roi: Mignons et Courtisans au Temps des Derniers Valois. Champ Vallon.

References

  1. ^ Le Roux 2000, p. 743.
  2. Barbier, Jean Paul (1973). Ma bibliothèque poétique (in French). Genève: Librairie Droz. p. 263. ISBN 2-600-00605-2.
  3. Moréri, Louis (1740). Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique Ou Le Mélange Curieux De L'Histoire Sacrée Et Profane : Qui Contient ... L'Histoire Fabuleuse Des Dieux & des Héros de l'Antiquité Payenne ... : Le tout enrichi de Remarques, de dissertations et de Recherches curieuses ... / 3 (in French). Basle: Brandmuller. p. 17. OCLC 219720350.


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