François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières

François de Bonne de Créquy, seigneur de Les Diguières et du Glaizil, seigneuer and since 1611/20 duc de Lesdiguières, Knight of the Royal Order, (* April 1, 1543 in Saint -Bonnet -en -Champsaur Dauphiné, † 28 September 1626 in Valence ) was a French military leader, governor of the Dauphiné, the last Constable of France and Marshal of France. He was one of only seven Generalmarschällen of France.

Life

François de Bonne was the son of Jean de Bonne, seigneur de Lesdiguières.

First, an avid supporter of the Reformation, he fought at the head of a Huguenot crowd in the Dauphiné and Provence, and contributed to the collection of Henry IV very to the French throne at.

Henry appointed him commander in chief in the war against Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy, whom he beat in several battles, and drove them out of his land. In 1609 he was Marshal of France and in 1611 was appointed Duke of Lesdiguières and peer of France. The collection of his estate Lesdiguières to peerage was not recognized by the Parliament long and so he was only able to take the oath in 1620.

Even under Louis XIII. kept François de Bonne his influence, he was appointed generalissimo, besieged in the war against the Huguenots in 1621 Saint -Jean d' Angely and Montauban, vowed in 1622 in Grenoble also Calvinism and became sure of Louis XIII. raised to the Constable and appointed Chevalier du Saint -Esprit.

In 1625 he commanded the French army in Italy, took the Genoese off some places and forced the Spaniards to abandon the siege of Verona.

On September 28, 1626 François de Bonne died without a male heir, as his son Henri Emanuel from his first marriage with Claudina Berenger de Gua († 1608) had already died in 1587 at the age of seven years. His title passed to his son, the Marshal of Créqui over.

Lesdiguières was the last Constable of the ancien régime, according to him the office only once by Emperor Napoleon I. was awarded.