François de Tournon

François de Tournon (1489 in Tournon-sur-Rhône – 1562 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French Augustinian diplomat and Cardinal^[1]. From 1536 he was also a military leader of French forces operating in Provence, Savoy and Piedmont. In the same year he founded the Collège de Tournon. For a period he was effectively France's foreign minister.

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^ From 1530; bishop of Sabina from 1550, bishop of Ostia in 1560.

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Preceded by Niccolò Fieschi	Bishop of Embrun 1517–1525	Succeeded by Antoine de Lévis de Château-Morand
Preceded by François de Bueil	Archbishop of Bourges 1526–1536	Succeeded by Jacques Leroy
Preceded by Giovanni Pietro Carafa	Cardinal-bishop of Sabina 1550–1560	Succeeded by Robert de Lenoncourt
Preceded by Jean du Bellay	Cardinal-bishop of Ostia 1560–1562	Succeeded by Rodolfo Pio

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Name	Tournon, Francois, de
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Date of birth	1489
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Date of death	1562
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