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Honorat II of Savoy
Honorat de Savoie, marquis of Villars (c. 1511 – 20 September 1580, Le Grand-Pressigny) was a marshal of France and admiral of France. Born into a cadet branch of the House of Savoy, he fought for first Francis I, and then Henri II during the Italian Wars. This included fighting at Hesdin and the battle of Saint-Quentin. During this period he also conducted diplomacy for the French court, and was involved in the negotiations that brought an end to the Italian Wars. Subsequently, he received the office of lieutenant-general of Languedoc, in which he suppressed Huguenots for several years before resigning the commission in 1562.
During the French Wars of Religion he fought at Rouen, Saint-Denis and Moncontour. During the third civil war he received the office of Admiral for the first time, before it was restored to Coligny when peace was declared.
Further promotion awaited him during the peace, as he attained first the office of lieutenant-general of Guyenne then the title of Marshal in 1571, and finally the office of Admiral again, upon the death of Coligny during the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew. He would hold this incredibly prestigious title until 1578, when he was compelled to resign it in favour of Charles, Duke of Mayenne. He died in 1580.
Honorat de Savoie was the second son of René of Savoy and Anne of Lascaris. The exact year of his birth is uncertain, but it cannot have been earlier than 1511.
He held the titles of first Comte then Marquis of Villars, Comte de Tende et Sommerieve, Baron de Pressigny-le-Grand et Hauvet, Seigneur de Loyes, Marro, Préla, Vernant, Limon, Villeneuve, Cipières, La Garde, Loubet, Antibes and Ferrières-Lar-çon. During his career he would also become first Marshal and then Admiral of France, lieutenant-general in Guyenne and a member of the Order of Saint-Michel.
In 1540 he married Jeanne Françoise de Foix, viscountess of Castillon (†1542), with whom he only had one child, Henriette de Savoie-Villars († 1611), who married Charles, Duke of Mayenne.
He first appears in the records upon receipt of a gift from Francis I who granted him several seigneuries at Blois in 1524. Around the year 1531 he likely reached his majority, as it was on 25 August 1531 that he was granted the county of Villars by the Duke of Savoy. In 1533 he became a gentleman of the chamber.
In 1536 he campaigned in Picardy for France, as part of the Italian Wars. The following year he fought under Admiral Annebault fighting at Thérouanne where the Admiral was taken prisoner. In the early 1540s he campaigned in Roussillon under the authority of the Dauphin, fighting alongside his brother Claude, Count of Tende. As a gentleman of the chamber he had frequent need to be at court, and it was in one of his stays at Rambouillet that Francis I died.
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Honorat II of Savoy
Honorat de Savoie, marquis of Villars (c. 1511 – 20 September 1580, Le Grand-Pressigny) was a marshal of France and admiral of France. Born into a cadet branch of the House of Savoy, he fought for first Francis I, and then Henri II during the Italian Wars. This included fighting at Hesdin and the battle of Saint-Quentin. During this period he also conducted diplomacy for the French court, and was involved in the negotiations that brought an end to the Italian Wars. Subsequently, he received the office of lieutenant-general of Languedoc, in which he suppressed Huguenots for several years before resigning the commission in 1562.
During the French Wars of Religion he fought at Rouen, Saint-Denis and Moncontour. During the third civil war he received the office of Admiral for the first time, before it was restored to Coligny when peace was declared.
Further promotion awaited him during the peace, as he attained first the office of lieutenant-general of Guyenne then the title of Marshal in 1571, and finally the office of Admiral again, upon the death of Coligny during the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew. He would hold this incredibly prestigious title until 1578, when he was compelled to resign it in favour of Charles, Duke of Mayenne. He died in 1580.
Honorat de Savoie was the second son of René of Savoy and Anne of Lascaris. The exact year of his birth is uncertain, but it cannot have been earlier than 1511.
He held the titles of first Comte then Marquis of Villars, Comte de Tende et Sommerieve, Baron de Pressigny-le-Grand et Hauvet, Seigneur de Loyes, Marro, Préla, Vernant, Limon, Villeneuve, Cipières, La Garde, Loubet, Antibes and Ferrières-Lar-çon. During his career he would also become first Marshal and then Admiral of France, lieutenant-general in Guyenne and a member of the Order of Saint-Michel.
In 1540 he married Jeanne Françoise de Foix, viscountess of Castillon (†1542), with whom he only had one child, Henriette de Savoie-Villars († 1611), who married Charles, Duke of Mayenne.
He first appears in the records upon receipt of a gift from Francis I who granted him several seigneuries at Blois in 1524. Around the year 1531 he likely reached his majority, as it was on 25 August 1531 that he was granted the county of Villars by the Duke of Savoy. In 1533 he became a gentleman of the chamber.
In 1536 he campaigned in Picardy for France, as part of the Italian Wars. The following year he fought under Admiral Annebault fighting at Thérouanne where the Admiral was taken prisoner. In the early 1540s he campaigned in Roussillon under the authority of the Dauphin, fighting alongside his brother Claude, Count of Tende. As a gentleman of the chamber he had frequent need to be at court, and it was in one of his stays at Rambouillet that Francis I died.
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