Guillaume IV de Melun

Guillaume IV de Melun, Count of Tancarville, Lord of Montreuil-Bellay, was a French politician, chamberlain and advisor to King Charles VI of France. He was one of the marmousets who governed France between 1388-1392.

Biography

Guillaume IV de Melun was the son of Jean II (Viscount) de Melun and Jeanne Crespin, married by contract signed on 4 September 1389 and celebrated on 21 January 1390 to Jeanne de Parthenay Larchevêque,[1] who gave him a child named Marguerite de Melun, Viscountess of Tancarville.[2]

In 1393 he was sent to England to establish a peace treaty until the recovery of King Charles VI's health.[3] In 1396 he went to Italy to take possession of the Republic of Genoa, which had been given to the king.[3] He went to Florence and Cyprus to enter into treaties of alliance.[3] On his return to France he was appointed Grand Butler of France and the first president of the Court of Accounts on 29 April 1402.[3][4] Guillaume IV de Melun was also employed in many other important occasions and killed at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415.

References

  1. ↑ Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins. "William IV d' Harcourt, Vicomte de Melun, Comte de Tancarville". Commoner Ancestors. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. ↑ James Lee Weaver's Family Tree. "Guillaume IV de Melun Viscount of Melun". Comcast.net. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Moreri, Louis (1707). Le grand dictionaire historique ou le melange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane. Denys Mariette. p. 740.
  4. ↑ Genealogie Free. "Dynastie de Melun". Genealogie.free.fr. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
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