L'Aubespine

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The L'Aubespine family was a French family descended from Claude de l'Aubespine, a lawyer of Orléans and bailiff of the abbey of Saint Euverte in the beginning of the 16th century. His progeny gained distinction in offices connected with the law.

• Sebastien de l'Aubespine (d. 1582) was abbot of Bassefontaine, bishop of Vannes and afterwards bishop of Limoges. He fulfilled important diplomatic missions in Germany, Hungary, England, the Low Counties, and Switzerland under King Francis I of France and his successors.

• Claude de l'Aubespine (ca. 1500-1567) was Sebastien's brother and baron of Chateauneuf-sur-Cher. He was a secretary of finance and he was in charge of negotiations with England in 1555 and 1559. He was commissioned several times to deal with the Huguenots in the king's name.

• Guillaume de l'Aubespine was Claude's son, a councillor of state and ambassador to England.

• Charles de l'Aubespine (1580-1653) was ambassador to Germany, the Low Countries, Venice and England, besides twice holding the office of keeper of the seals of France, from 1630 to 1633, and from 1650 to 1651.

The family fell into poor circumstances and became extinct in the 18th century.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.