• granted him the role of écuyer in his household. He would not serve as an écuyer to the new king for long, serving first as a gentilhomme de la chambre du roi...
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    of many royal offices. While Charny was left as grand écuyer, his subordinate the premier écuyer was changed from the seigneur de Fontaines to the seigneur...
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    the king and entered into the circle of his favourites, he was made a Gentilhomme de la chambre (gentleman of the chamber) then a Chambellan (chamberlain)...
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    in the new king's household as either an écuyer or échanson (squire or cupbearer) before becoming a gentilhomme de la chambre (gentleman of the king's chamber)...
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    in the year prior. In particular he did not receive the office of grand écuyer (grand squire) that his father had requested to be his reward. Lanssac was...
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    and Lanssac requested that the duc d'Anjou bestow the office of grand écuyer on his son, though by contrast this was not a success. On 17 July 1573,...
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  • the king's brother Alençon, as his cousin had, serving the prince as his écuyer d'écurie. It was through this that he came to the attention of the king...
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    and forests) baron de La Guerche; the grand aumônier Amyot; the premier écuyer du roi the seigneur de Sourdis; the lieutenant-civil Antoine Séguier; and...
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    (vers 1510-vers 1578), seigneur de Maillebois 1563-1569 : Jean de Losse, écuyer, seigneur de Bannes 1569-1599 : Joachim de Châteauvieux (1545-1615), Governor...
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    around Évreux His father Valéran d'Espinay was a gentilhomme de la chambre for Henri II as well as his écuyer d'écurie and governor of Louviers. He would serve...
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