Christophe de Thou
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Christophe de Thou (1508 - November 1, 1582) was an eminent French advocate, and the First President of the Parliament of Paris.
De Thou became Président in 1554, and Premier Président on December 14, 1562, of the Parlement de Paris. He also served as chancellor to the Duke of Anjou and Duke of Alencon, and advisor to Henry II of France, Charles IX of France, and Henry III of France.
De Thou was a member of a respected family from Champagne. He was son of Augustin de Thou (d. 1544), also Président of the Parlement de Paris, and brother to Nicolas de Thou, the Bishop of Chartres. His son, Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), became a noted French historian.
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- Edouard Mougis, Histoire du Parlement de Paris, Tome 3, Burt Franklin Research & Source Works Series #159, Ayer Publishing, New York. Page 216. ISBN 0833723030.
- Julia Pardoe, The Life of Marie de Medicis, vol. 2, Kessinger Publishing, 2004. Page 53. ISBN 1419169769.
- G. H. (George Herbert) Powell, Duelling Stories of the Sixteenth Century from the French of Brantôme, a translation of Discours sur les duels de Brantôme, A. H. Bullen, 1904. Page 117.
