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had prayed that he might have a son, who arrived a few months later, leading to his nickname as "the miracle child". Orphaned at a young age (his father died when he was seven), he was raised at the French court and became a confidant of Francis I, with whom he went to war in Italy aged twenty. The
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Influenced by his friendship with Francis I (a major French Renaissance patron) and his time in Italy, Claude spread Renaissance art and design to Forez, most notably in his château and its chapel. His stepmother was a poet as well as a friend and confidant of Francis' sister
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Claude was then recalled to France by the king to become governor to the dauphin and his other children, succeeding Jean d'Humières in this post in 1550; he shared the responsibility with the governess of the royal children,
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came within two votes of election during the first vote. Claude rushed to the conclave door, demanding that it wait for the French cardinals, who he claimed were in
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king made him a squire in ordinary in 1522. In 1535 Francis made him governor general and bailiff of the county of Forez, which had been forfeited for treason by
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and Antoinette de Beauvau. According to legend, his parents had had no child after five years of marriage and monks from the monastery Pierre had founded at
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Baumgartner, Frederic J. (1985). "Henry II and the Papal Conclave of 1549".
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after that county became a royal domain. He was a friend and confidant of
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Frieda, Leonie, "Catherine de Medici", Orion Books, London, 2005
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The 'salle des rocailles' in the château de La Bastie d'Urfé
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before in 1546 being sent as France's representative to the
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after Henry II's death. By his death in 1558 he was also a
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Index


Jean Clouet
château de la Bastie d'Urfé
Forez
Francis I
Wars of Italy
Henry II
Francis II
Charles IX
Henry III
Francis, Duke of Anjou
Margaret of Valois
Honoré d'Urfé

Saint-Étienne-le-Molard
Pierre II d'Urfé
Auvergne
Charles III of Bourbon
Montbrison
Holy Roman Empire
Council of Trent
Papal States
papal conclave
pope Paul III
Reginald Pole
Corsica
schism
Françoise d'Humières
Diane de Poitiers
Anne de Montmorency

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