Philippe de Luxembourg

Philippe de Luxembourg (1445–1519) was a French Cardinal[1]

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 of France and Queen Joan of France. He was papal legate to France in 1516.

Family

His father was Cardinal Thibaud de Luxembourg.

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1495. He was bishop of Albano in 1509, bishop of Frascati 1511.
  2. ↑ , French.
  3. ↑ «HISTOIRE DE L'ABBAYE ROYALE DE SAINT-PIERRE DE JUMIÈGES», ÉDITION DE JULIEN LOTH; 15

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