Simon Renard
Simon Renard (* about 1513 in Vesoul ( Franche -Comté ); † August 8, 1573 in Madrid ) was a Burgundian statesman, advisor to Emperor Charles V. and Ambassador of Spain in France and England. In England he served during the reign of Queen Mary I as a diplomat.
Training
Simon Renard studied in Dole, then in Leuven. As a Doctor of Law, he worked in the capacity of lieutenant général highest-ranking representative of the king in chief official Vesoul ( Bailliage d' amont ) before he was appointed to the court of Emperor Charles V..
Career
As a knight he struck his 1547 pages of the Catholic emperor to Miihlberg on the Elbe successfully with the Smalcald League of Protestants. In the same year he participated in the " strongly worded " Diet of Augsburg. However, he was knighted until 1548 with the title Bermont. Sometimes he is also called by the epithet de Bourbévelle what might otherwise related to, that his father, Thiébaud Renard, was already too Bourbévelle as a lawyer and administrator in the service of the Spanish nobleman Philippe de Ghénarraz, before 1513 the administration of the rule Marast took over.
Its function as a legal adviser in the State Legal Adviser maître was the springboard to the diplomacy. Already in 1547 he had perceived as a transitional governor of Milan tasks abroad. 1548/49 sent him Charles V. to the French royal court in 1553 to England. There arranged Simon Renard 1554 the marriage of the Spanish heir Philip II with Mary I of England, and is also known for it after his return even as envoy extraordinary Ministre plénipotentiaire. The intrigue in competition with the other great powers in 1888 became by Alfred Lord Tennyson to the stage play.
1556 is Simon Renard again as Spanish ambassador in France to Vauxolles the truce with Henry II (of France) from. After his most senior house officer, Etienne Quiclet, is provided as a spy, Renard moved to Brussels. But the real career setback only follows: As a member of the Flemish Parliament itself Renard goes increasingly politically on the side of the opposition. The deep rift with Cardinal Granvelle, with whom he was close friends at a young age, ends with the dismissal of the bishop and Renard's forced relocation to Madrid, where he advises as Conseiller au Conseil Privé directly from Philip II in 1564. On August 8, 1573 he died in his bed. Cardinal Granvelle, who is associated with Renard's unexplained death, living at this time in Brussels widow, Jeanne Lulier, and their children offers financial help.
Family
The three sons of Renard 's, the youngest of seven children, bore the name of Friedrich, Philipp and Karl, where Philip II was actually on June 9, 1554 Godfather of son Philip.
Simon's brother, Louis Renard, Finance Minister of Dole, has been accused and imprisoned by the local parliament of embezzlement. A brother of the two, Françoise Terrier to Vilersexel died before he could be made by his party as Chairman of Parliament of Dole. The descendants of Simon Renard line in Vesoul extinct in the male line in 1698 with the violent death of Nicolas Renard.
Coat of arms
Especially in some Flemish sources, the coat of arms of Simon Renard has been incorrectly specified and obviously mistaken for a in 1583 ennobled relatives to Dole. So Simon Renard was from Vesoul not about the Burgundian lion on a silver band on a blue plate, but on a blue anchor, the two barbs are swallowed by two entwined silver fish. In the pointed roof is also seen on the blue gold imperial eagle. The original coat of arms description of the nobility survey 1548: anobli 1548 arm: d' azur, à l' ancre accostée de deux dauphins d' argent renversés, mordant les branches de l' ancre et passés s sautoir, . au chef d'or duck à l' aigle impériale riviera.
Others
In Vesoul the Town Hall dates from the 16th century by Renard. It is situated at the address 14, Rue des Boucheries, 70000 Vesoul and was built in 1525.