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ETIENNE DE PONCHER (1446-1524)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 59 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ETIENNE DE PONCHER (1446-1524)  , French prelate and diplomatist . After studying law he was early provided with a prebend, and became councillor at the parlement of Paris in 1485 and president of the Chambre
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des Enquetes in 1498 . Elected bishop of Paris in 1503 at the instance of Louis XII., he was entrusted by the king with
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diplomatic missions in Germany and Italy . After being appointed chancellor of the duchy of Milan, he became keeper of the
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seals of France in 1512, and retained that
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post, until the accession of Francis I., who employed him on various diplomatic missions . Poncher became archbishop of
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Sens in 1519 . His valuable Constitutions synodales was published in 1514 .

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