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Born Pierre DE BOURDEILLE
French historian, soldier and biographer
Born on 1540 in Bourdeilles, France , France
Died on July 15, 1614 in Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont, France
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He was given several benefices, the most important of which was the abbey of Brantôme, but had no inclination for an ecclesiastical career.
... Brantôme was born in Périgord, Aquitaine, the third son of the baron de Bourdeille. His mother and maternal grandmother were both attached to the court of Marguerite of Navarre, on whose death in 1549 he went to Paris, and later (1555) to Poitiers, to finish his education.
He was given several benefices, the most important of which was the abbey of Brantôme, but had no inclination for an ecclesiastical career.
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