Charles de Solier, comte de Morette

Charles de Solier
Comte de Morette

Charles de Solier, Sieur de Morette, by Hans Holbein the Younger
Born 1480
Asti, Piedmont
Died 1 February 1552(1552-02-01) (aged 71–72)
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
Buried Église Saint-Grégoire des Minimes, Tours
47°23′33″N 0°41′24″E / 47.3925°N 0.69°E / 47.3925; 0.69
Noble family Solier
Spouse(s) Silvie de Pont
Lucie Valles

Issue

François de Solier, comte de Morette
Charles de Solier
Jacques de Solier
Marie de Solier
Father Aubertin de Solier, comte de Morette

Charles de Solier, comte de Morette (1480 – 1 February 1552), the son of Aubertin de Solier, comte de Morette (1465–1545), was a French soldier and diplomat as well as a long-serving gentilhomme de la chambre to Francis I.[1] He acted as ambassador to England on a number of occasions from October 1526 to June 1535.[2][3] Morette was in London in 1534 when Henry VIII was attempting to win French support for his repudiation of Catherine of Aragon, in an alliance against Charles V. Around this time, his portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. Holbein had also painted The Ambassadors, which depicted two French envoys, Jean de Dinteville, seigneur de Polisy, and Georges de Selve, Bishop of Lavaur, in 1533.[4] He was succeeded as ambassador by Antoine de Castelnau, Bishop of Tarbes.[5]

Marriages and issue

Morette married twice.[6] He married as his first wife, Silvie de Pont (1480–) and the couple had three sons:[6]

He married as his second wife, Lucie Valles and by her had a daughter:[6]

He died 1 February 1552 at Le Plessis les Tours and was buried at the Église Saint-Grégoire des Minimes, Tours.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Richardson 2013, p. 86.
  2. ↑ State Papers. I: King Henry the Eighth, p. 177, footnote 4.
  3. ↑ Calendar of State Papers, Spain 5(1) June 1535, 178, footnote 19.
  4. ↑ Cust 1891.
  5. ↑ Friedmann 1884, p. 133.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Charles de Solier". famille de Solier ou de Solliers. Gw.geneanet.org. Retrieved 13 January 2014.

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