Antoine de Créqui Canaples [SEP] position held
Antoine de Créqui Canaples
Antoine de Créqui Canaples (1531–1574) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography.
Antoine de Créqui Canaples was born in the Kingdom of France on July 17, 1531, the son of Jean de Créqui, "seigneur" of Canaples, and his wife Marie d'Acigné. After the death of his two brothers, he inherited his family's vast wealth; upon his death, he left this fortune to his sister's son Antoine de Blanchefort (the father of Charles de Blanchefort
at Agincourt with his brothers Jean and Raoul; Jean de Créquy, lord of Canaples, was in the Burgundian service, and took part in the defence of Paris against Joan of Arc in 1429, received the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1431, and was ambassador to Aragon and France; Antoine de Créquy was one of the boldest captains of Francis I, who defended Thérouanne in 1513 and died in consequence of an accident at the siege of Hesdin in 1523. Jean VIII, Sire de Créquy, Prince de Poix,