Jean de Court [SEP] place of birth
Jean de Court
Jean de Court was a painter in painted Limoges enamel and oil painting, who served as official portrait painter to the monarchs of Scotland and France. The de Court dynasty of enamel painters ran a workshop making Limoges enamel over several generations in Limoges in south-western France.
In 1567, he is recorded as court painter of Mary Queen of Scots, although it is not clear if he had actually accompanied her to Scotland. In 1572, he succeeded François Clouet as painter to the king at the
, the eldest sister of François I, born in Angoulême and known locally under the name of "Marguerite de Valois" by birth or "Marguerite de Navarre" by her marriage.
- Hélie du Tillet, Mayor of Angoulême in 1502, father of the historian Jean du Tillet.
- André Thévet (1516–1592): explorer and writer, reported from Brazil: "angoumoisine grass" or tobacco, later introduced at the court of France by Jean Nicot.
- François Ravaillac (1578–1610): notorious for having