Eustace Chapuys

Eustace Chapuys (* 1489 in Annecy, † 1556 in Leuven ) was ambassador of Mary of Hungary with Henry VIII of England.

Life

From 1507 to 1515 he studied at the University of Turin. In 1517 he became an officer of the diocese of Geneva and later served Charles III. of Savoy and Charles III. de Bourbon- Montpensier. In 1527 he entered the service of Charles V. According to an embassy mission to the court of Savoy, he was in September 1529 Ambassador to the Court of St James's.

Chapuys fought for the marriage contract of Catherine of Aragon, who died in January 1536. In March 1539 had Paul III. Convinced Charles V and Francis I of France almost to a campaign against Henry VIII. Diego Hurtado de Mendoza offered by order of Charles V. unsuccessfully Henry VIII to a marriage contract with Christina of Denmark. Chapuys received in March 1539 from Flanders instructed to exit papers to search.

Mary of Hungary appointed Philippe Maiori to their ambassador to Henry VIII, Eustace Chapuys came on April 19, 1539 Calais, where he instructed his deputy Philippe Maiori; this sailed on 23 April 1539 Dover.

1539 spent Eustace Chapuys in Antwerp. 1540 he returned to London and studied in 1545 due to illness to be released on. The request was, after his successor Frans van incorporated the Dilft, granted. Subsequently lived Chapuys in Leuven, where he founded the College of Savoy in 1548.

From Eustace Chapuys an extensive, detailed correspondence is obtained.

In William Shakespeare's play Henry VIII, Eustace Chapuys was the model for the figure of Capucius. This was by Robert Bolt in the film version of A Man for All Seasons to a main character. In the series The Tudors, he is portrayed by Anthony Brophy.