Jean Juvénal des Ursins

Jean Juvenal des Ursins (* September 13, 1388; † July 14, 1473 ) was a French historian, diplomat and bishop. He was the second son of Jean Jouvenel and Michèle de Vitry.

After studying both rights ( civil law and canon law ) before gaining his doctorate in 1429 he royal lawyer in the Parlement of Poitiers. 1432 was the Bishop of Beauvais, 1444 Bishop of Laon. Archbishop of Reims, he was 1449th In addition to a Histoire de Charles VI, (up to 1402 the time ) is the beginning of the Grandes Chroniques de France, he wrote a number of political works of great value.