Philippe de Luxembourg

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Philippe de Luxembourg (1445 – 2 June 1519) was a French cardinal[1] and bishop.

Life

He was bishop of Le Mans in 1476. He was bishop of Thérouanne 1496 to 1513, and bishop of Saint-Pons in 1509, when his nephew died,[2] and until 1512, when he resigned in favour of François-Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève. He was abbot at the abbey of Jumièges in 1510.[3]

He was a judge at the 1498 divorce trial of King Louis XII and Queen Joan of France. He was named papal legate to France on 18 August 1516.[4]

Family

His father was Cardinal Thibaud de Luxembourg.

References

  1. 1.From 1495. He was bishop of Albano in 1509, bishop of Frascati 1511.
  2. 2.[link removed], French.
  3. 3."«HISTOIRE DE L'ABBAYE ROYALE DE SAINT-PIERRE DE JUMIÈGES», ÉDITION DE JULIEN LOTH; 15". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  4. 4.Catalogue des Actes de François Ier, vol. I (Paris, 1887), p. 86, no. 506.