Английская Википедия:Antoine de Pons
Шаблон:Infobox person Antoine de Pons, Count of Marennes (1510-1580) was hereditary sire of Pons, near Saintes in Charente-Maritime with 250 noble fiefdoms and 52 parishes. He was Count of Marennes, baron of island of Oléron (Ile d'Oléron), and had other lands in France. He was the governor of Saintonge and Saintes.
Saintonge was an isolated area and fitting for de Pon's rustic Huguenot court. Huguenot refugees came to the area. It became a religious and artsistic center, where heresy was common about 1560.
De Pons was a French military and political royal agent who was often at the court of Ferrara in Italy. His marriage to Anne de Parthenay resulted in the strengthening the couple's prestige and influence, due to their wealth, humanism, and religion.
Early life
Antoine de Pons was born in 1510, born into an aristocractic family of Pons, Charente-Maritime.Шаблон:Sfn
Marriage
Pons married Anne de Parthenay in 1534.[1]Шаблон:Sfn Their marriage united the Pons family with Michelle de Saubonne and Jean-Larcevesque-Parthenay's family, making both families more influential in Court due to their wealth and reputation. Both had ties to Venice and surrounding areas in northern Italy. Шаблон:Sfn
Anne was an intelligent woman, the daughter of Michelle de Saubonne, a lady of honour to Anne of Brittany, the wife of Louis XII. Her mother was governess of the royal couple's daughter Renata, Duchess of Ferrara from 1528 to 1536.[1]Шаблон:Sfn Parthenay was well-educated, described in her biography as a "lady of great genius and learning".[1]
While married to Parthenay, Antoine was a distinguished leader, who lived and taught a life of truth and virtue, guided by scriptures.[1] His contenance shifted after Parthenay's death. He became "an enemy and persecutor of the truth" after he married a pleasure-loving lady of the court,[1][2] Marie de Monchenu.Шаблон:Sfn He renounced his association with Protestantism.Шаблон:Sfn which upset some of the people that he had converted.[2] However, in 1580, Bernard Palissay dedicated his book Discours admirables to de Pons in which he praised the "excellence of your mind" and what he had learned about astrology, philosophy, and mathematics.Шаблон:Sfn Theodore Beza, a French philosopher, stated that de Pons was "an amateur of virtue and truth, who really profited from reading the sacred Scriptures." His wife Anne was generally considered by philosophers to be the more celebrated of the two.Шаблон:Sfn
Career
Antoine de Pons was a hereditary sire of Pons, near Saintes in Charente-Maritime. Within his lands were 250 noble fiefdoms and 52Шаблон:Sfn or 102 parishes.[2] The fortress at Pons at the time was a weak stronghold.Шаблон:Sfn His holdings were not attacked during his life due to the prestige of his family and himself. He was Count of Marennes, baron of island of Oléron (Ile d'Oléron), and owned other lands in France.Шаблон:Sfn De Pons was the governor of Saintonge and Saintes. He earned income from trading towns and salt-mines in his holdings. Saintonge was an isolated area and fitting for de Pons Huguenot court, known to be "rustic" and influenced by northern Italy. Huguenot refugees came to the area, as did Bernard Palissy and Berton. It became a religious and artsistic center, where heresy was common about 1560.Шаблон:Sfn De Pons and Parthenay were Palissy's patrons.[2]
Antoine de Pons was a royal military and political agent for the French in northern Italy. He regularly visited the court of Ferrara.Шаблон:Sfn Pons was a distinguished leader, who lived and taught a life of truth and virtue, guided by scriptures.[1]
De Pons was knighted into the Order of the Holy Spirit and was the captain of 100 gentlemen of Maison du Roi, the king's household.[2] He was officer of the bedchamer and agent to King Francis I of France, who made de Pons a member of the Order of St. Michael. He was a favorite at the French court.Шаблон:Sfn
Renée, Duchess of Ferrara
De Pons and his wife were friends and confidants to Renée, Duchess of Ferrara.Шаблон:Sfn Renée considered de Pons her "servant-knight", a man who she found to be charming, attentive, and attractive.Шаблон:Sfn Her Italian relatives thought that de Pons was too accommodating to the Duchess, and wished to separate him from the court.Шаблон:Sfn Born of Este and Borgia blood, the Duke separated the two when he sent de Pons on a mission, while Parthenay remained with in Ferrara with Renée. Este did not like the rate at which de Pons and Renée were writing each other and intercepted most of their letters. When de Pons returned to Ferrara, the Duke sent his wife to Consandolo, also in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.Шаблон:Sfn
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