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

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