Ambassador Marillac
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Ambassador Charles de Marillac as played by Lothaire Bluteau
Lawyer, Prelate and Diplomat
French ambassador to England from 1538 - 1542
Lawyer, Prelate and Diplomat
French ambassador to England from 1538 - 1542
born c. 1510 - died 1560 Character's backstory: An able diplomat whose official correspondence of this period of history is quoted as much as Ambassador Chapuys. He was the son of Guillaume de Marillac who had been controller (controleur general des Finances) to the duke of Bourbon (Charles). At the age of twenty-two he was already a barrister (avocat) at the Parliament of Paris, where it is said his eloquence and learning attracted the notice of king Francis I, though, being suspected of adhering to the Reformation, he was obliged to quit Paris suddenly and accompany to the Levant his cousin, Jean de Laforest, knight of Malta, whom Francis I. was sending to Constantinople, in 1533, as ambassador to the Grand Turk, Solyman "the Magnificent." On the death of Laforest, whom he succeeded, Marillac remained for some time in Constantinople, carrying on his master's rather suspicious negotiations in that capital till the summer of 1538, when he was recalled, and went back to France with the fleet of galleys commanded by St. Brancard. His services in the Levant must have been considered very acceptable, for shortly after his return he was appointed conseiller au Parlement and ambassador to England, in the place of Ambassador Castillon. Marillac remained in England till September or October 1542, when he was virtually exchanged for Sir William Paget, Henry's ambassador in France. [source: British History Online] Gentility: Born of a good family from Auvergne Position: Diplomat Personality type: ambitious and cunning. Suspected of being a reformist sympathizer. Signature look: Endearing trait(s): Annoying trait(s): Marillac's letters : About Anne of Cleves
About King Henry VIII
Click EasyEdit to update this page! (Don't see the EasyEdit button above? <a href="../#signin" target="_self">Sign in</a> or <a href="../accountnew" target="_self">Sign up</a>.) | About Henry's court, Marillac wrote: " The subjects take example from the Prince, and the ministers seek only to undo each other to gain credit; and under colour of their master's good, each attends his own. For all the fine words of which they are full, they will act only as necessity and interest compel them". About Henry himself, he wrote he had become: " not only a King to be obeyed on Earth, but a veritable idol to be worshipped."
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CHARACTER CONNECTIONSFamily members: Father: Guillaume de Marillac, contrôleur general des Finances Mother: Lady Sophia von Bresgau Elder sister: Louisa de Longueville Younger sister: Iseult de Rohan Younger brother: Jean de Marillac Romance(s): Friends: Enemies: |
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