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IMBERT DE BATARNAY (? 1438-1523)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 507 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BATARNAY (? 1438-1523)  , See also:French statesman, was See also:born of an old but obscure See also:family in See also:Dauphine, about the See also:year 1438 . In consequence of a See also:chance circumstance he entered into relations with the dauphin See also:Louis, at that See also:time (1455) in arms against the See also:king his See also:father; he attached himself to the See also:prince, and followed him on his See also:retreat into See also:Burgundy . From the beginning of his reign Louis XI. loaded See also:Batarnay with favours: he married him to a See also:rich heiress, Georgette de Montchenu, See also:lady of Le Bouchage; besides making him See also:captain of Mont See also:Saint See also:Michel and giving him valuable estates, with, later, the titles of counsellor and See also:chamberlain to the king . In 1469 Batarnay was sent to keep See also:watch upon the See also:duke of See also:Guienne's intrigues, which began to appear dangerous . As See also:lieutenant-See also:general in See also:Roussillon in 1475 he protected the countryside against the wrath of the king, who wished to repress with cruel severity a See also:rebellion of the inhabitants . He was See also:present at the interview between Louis XI. and See also:Edward IV. of See also:England at Picquigny, and was afterwards employed on negotiations with the duke of Burgundy . In accordance with the recommendations of his father, See also:Charles VIII. kept the See also:lord of Le Bouchage in his confidential service . During the See also:differences that arose in 1485 between the See also:regent, See also:Anne of See also:Beaujeu, and the See also:dukes of See also:Orleans, See also:Brittany and See also:Alencon,'-lmbert de Batarnay kept the inhabitants of Orleans faithful to the king . He proved his skill in the negotiations concerning the marquisate of See also:Saluzzo and the See also:town of See also:Genoa . During the See also:Naples expedition he was in See also:charge of the dauphin, Charles Orland, who died in 1495 . He treated with See also:Maximilian of See also:Austria to prevent him from entering See also:Picardy =during the See also:war with Naples, and then proceeded to See also:Castile to claim promised support . Under Louis XII. he took See also:part in .the expedition against the Genoese See also:republic in 1507 .

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Francis I. employed him to negotiate the proposed See also:marriage of Charles of Austria with Renee of See also:France, daughter of Louis XII., and appointed him See also:governor to the dauphin Francis, in 1518 . He died on the 12th of May 1523 . See also B. de Mandrot's Ymbert de Batarnay (See also:Paris, 1886) . (M . P .

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