Pierre de Gondi

Pierre de Gondi (* 1533 in Lyon, † February 17, 1616 ) was a French bishop and cardinal of Italian descent.

Pierre de Gondi was born as the second son of the established in Lyon merchant bankers and Guidobaldo or Antoine de Gondi (1486-1560) and his wife Marie -Catherine de Pierrevive, the daughter of a " receveur du domaine " or tax collector of the royal domain. Thanks to the favor of in 1533 with Henry of Orléans, the future Henry II ( 1519-1559 ) married Catherine de Medici ( 1519-1589 ) received his mother later, the Office of the " governess des enfants de France" and governess of the royal children, his father, that of the " maître d' hôtel" or steward of the young Duke of Anjou, the future Henry III. ( 1551-1589 ).

Pierre de Gondi was raised in 1565 to the Bishop of Langres and in 1569 the bishop of Paris. He had also the offices of the chancellor and chaplain ( " chancelier et grand aumônier ") of 1570 with the King Charles IX. (1550-1574) married Elizabeth of Austria (1554-1592) holds. On December 18, 1587, he was received by Pope Sixtus V in the College of Cardinals and was given the titular church of San Silvestro in Capite, he was made ambassador to Rome, where he. Several diplomatic missions for Henry III and Henry IV fulfilled.

Pierre de Gondis older brother was the Duke of Retz, Albert de Gondi, whose son Henri Pierre de Gondis coadjutor and successor. His younger brother was the galley General Charles de Gondi.