François de Scépeaux [SEP] place of death
François de Scépeaux
François de Scépeaux de Vieille-Ville (1509–1571), lord of Vieilleville, 1st comte of Durtal, was a French governor, diplomat, ambassador, conseillé du roi and marshal under king Francis I of France. He was also a prominent figure in the French Wars of Religion between the Protestant Huguenots and the Catholics.
1509 in France
Events from the year 1509 in France
Incumbents.
- Monarch – Louis XII
Births.
- 10 July – John Calvin, theologian, principal developer of the system later called Calvinism (died 1564).
Births Full date missing.
- François de Scépeaux, governor (died 1571)
- Étienne Dolet, scholar, translator and printer (died 1546)
- Antonio Gardano, composer (died 1569)
- Élie Vinet, humanist (died 1587)
- François Douaren