Jacques de Brézé
Jacques de Brézé (c.1440 - Nogent-le-Roi, 1494) was Grand Seneschal of Normandy (1465–1476 and 1483–1490), Count of Maulévrier, Viscount of Le Bec-Crespin and Marny, Lord of Anet and a French writer of the 15th century.
Also recorded as Jacques de Breze
Jacques de Brézé
- Died
- 1494 · Nogent-le-Roi.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of France
- Occupation
- writer · poet · seneschal of normandy
- Known for
- Louanges de Madame Anne de France · Les dits du bon chien Souillard · La chasse du seneschal de Normandye
- Languages
- Middle French
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Jacques de Brézé (c.1440 - Nogent-le-Roi, 1494) was Grand Seneschal of Normandy (1465–1476 and 1483–1490), Count of Maulévrier, Viscount of Le Bec-Crespin and Marny, Lord of Anet and a French writer of the 15th century.
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He was the only son of Pierre de Brézé, also Seneschal of Normandy, and Jeanne du Bec-Crespin. He married Charlotte de Valois, a daughter of King Charles VII and his mistress Agnès Sorel. On the night of 31 May to 1 June 1477, he surprised his wife in the act of adultery with his friend Pierre de Lavergne at the Château de Rouvres, and killed the two lovers with his sword. He was sentenced to death but was pardoned in return for a considerable fine, which ruined him financially. In 1484, after the death of King Louis XI, he regained his property and title of Seneschal of Normandy by decree of the Parlement. By Charlotte of Valois, James had six children: • Pierre, no issue • Louis, who succeeded him in the titles and who married Diana of Poitiers, favorite mistress of Henry II • Jean, no issue • Anne, married Georges, baron de Clères • Catherine, no issue • Gaston, married Marie de Cerisay, daughter of Christophe de Cerisay He also had three illegitimate sons.
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Jacques de Brézé was also a writer and was the author of: • Louanges de Madame Anne de France, a poem dedicated to Anne de Beaujeu, regent of France • La chasse, a hunting poem • Dits du bon chien Souillard (c. 1490), a delicate poem dedicated to his dog
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- 1.Anselme, tome VIII, p.272, d'après Joseph Vaesen et Étienne Charavay, Lettres de Louis XI, tome VIII, p.160, note n°1, Librairie Renouard, Paris 1903
- 2.Bibliothèque nationale, Pièces originales, vol.509, dossier Brézé 11513, n°52
- 3.Ivan Cloulas, Diane de Poitiers, p. 15
- 4.Généalogie des Brézé. sur Racines & Histoire
- 5.Bibliothèque nationale, Pièces originales, vol.509, dossier Brézé 11513, n°53
- 6.lire en ligne
- 7.Un seul exemplaire connu, mais localisation actuelle inconnue (après sa vente à Paris, l’acquéreur s'est vu refuser le droit de l'exporter hors de France, voir Avis no 2003-04 du de la Commission consultative des trésors nationaux)
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Jacques de Brézé, La « Chasse », les « Dits du bon chien Souillard » et les « Louanges de Madame Anne de France », éd. critique Gunnar Tilander et Lund, Blom, 1959 (Cynegetica, 6).
- Gunnar Tilander et Françoise Fery-Hue, « Jacques de Brézé », dans Robert Bossuat, Louis Pichard et Guy Raynaud de Lage (dir.), Dictionnaire des lettres françaises, t. 1 : Moyen Âge, éd. entièrement revue et mise à jour sous la dir. de Geneviève Hasenohr et Michel Zink, Paris, Fayard, 1992, .
- Charity Cannon Willard, « Le bon chien Souillard », dans Reinardus, 11, 1989, .
- Liste de manuscrits et bibliographie sur ARLIMA.
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