Family tree of François D'ESCOUBLEAU DE SOURDIS
Bishop, cardinal
Born François D'ESCOUBLEAU
French Catholic prelate, the Archbishop of Bordeaux and founder of the Irish College there in 1603
Born on October 25, 1574 in Châtillon-sur-Sèvre, France , France
Died on February 8, 1628 in Bordeaux, France
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He was born at Châtillon-sur-Sèvre in Poitou, the eldest son of François d'Escoubleau and Isabeau Babou de la Bourdasière. His father was seigneur of Jouy, Aunau and Montdoubleau, marquis d'Alluye, and governor of Chartres, and François himself held the title of Count of La Chapelle.
As the eldest son, he was not initially destined for a career in the church. He studied humanities at the Collège de Navarre in Paris, fought in the siege of Chartres (1591) and was engaged to marry Catherine Hurault de Cheverny, daughter of the royal chancellor Philippe Hurault.
... He was born at Châtillon-sur-Sèvre in Poitou, the eldest son of François d'Escoubleau and Isabeau Babou de la Bourdasière. His father was seigneur of Jouy, Aunau and Montdoubleau, marquis d'Alluye, and governor of Chartres, and François himself held the title of Count of La Chapelle.
As the eldest son, he was not initially destined for a career in the church. He studied humanities at the Collège de Navarre in Paris, fought in the siege of Chartres (1591) and was engaged to marry Catherine Hurault de Cheverny, daughter of the royal chancellor Philippe Hurault.
As the eldest son, he was not initially destined for a career in the church. He studied humanities at the Collège de Navarre in Paris, fought in the siege of Chartres (1591) and was engaged to marry Catherine Hurault de Cheverny, daughter of the royal chancellor Philippe Hurault.
... He was born at Châtillon-sur-Sèvre in Poitou, the eldest son of François d'Escoubleau and Isabeau Babou de la Bourdasière. His father was seigneur of Jouy, Aunau and Montdoubleau, marquis d'Alluye, and governor of Chartres, and François himself held the title of Count of La Chapelle.
As the eldest son, he was not initially destined for a career in the church. He studied humanities at the Collège de Navarre in Paris, fought in the siege of Chartres (1591) and was engaged to marry Catherine Hurault de Cheverny, daughter of the royal chancellor Philippe Hurault.
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