Guillaume du Bellay
Illustration — Portrait of Guillaume du Bellay, now in the Musée de Versailles (Oil on wood, c. 1535) Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey (1491 – 9 January 1543), was a French diplomat and general from a notable Angevin family under King Francis I. He was born at the château of Glatigny, near Souday, in 1491. His father, Louis du Bellay-Langey was a younger son of the Angevin family of du Bellay, which from the 14th century was distinguished in the service of the dukes of Anjou and afterwards of the kings of France; and Louis had six sons, who were among the best servants of Francis I. Guillaume, the eldest, is one of the most remarkable figures of the time; a brave soldier, a humanist and a historian, he was above all the most able diplomat at the command of Francis I, prodigiously active, and excelling in secret negotiations.
Guillaume du Bellay
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- Born
- 1491 · Souday.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- historian · memoirist · poet · diplomat · spy · pamphleteer · soldier · humanist
- Fields
- military affairs · history · diplomacy
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Portrait of Guillaume du Bellay, now in the Musée de Versailles (Oil on wood, c. 1535) Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey (1491 – 9 January 1543), was a French diplomat and general from a notable Angevin family under King Francis I. He was born at the château of Glatigny, near Souday, in 1491. His father, Louis du Bellay-Langey was a younger son of the Angevin family of du Bellay, which from the 14th century was distinguished in the service of the dukes of Anjou and afterwards of the kings of France; and Louis had six sons, who were among the best servants of Francis I. Guillaume, the eldest, is one of the most remarkable figures of the time; a brave soldier, a humanist and a historian, he was above all the most able diplomat at the command of Francis I, prodigiously active, and excelling in secret negotiations.
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Born at Souday in 1491, died in Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay in 1543.
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is military affairs, history and diplomacy. Positions recorded include ambassador.
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