Adrien Gouffier de Boissy (died 1523) was a

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and

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. A member of the Gouffier family, Adrien Gouffier de Boissy was born in the

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, ca. 1479. He was the son of Guillaume Gouffier, Lord of Boissy,

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, and of Philippine de Montmorency, daughter of Jean II de Montmorency and a member of the

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. He was the brother of

Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy Artus Gouffier de Boissy (6 September 1474 – 13 May 1519 in Montpellier) was a French nobleman and politician. He was baron of Roannez, count of Étampes, count of Caravaggio, baron of Passavant, of Maulévrier, of la Mothe-Saint-Romain ...

, Charlotte Gouffier de Boisy, and of Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet. His father's first wife was Louise d'Amboise, sister of Cardinal

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. Destined for the church from an early age, he became a protonotary apostolic at age 14. He was made

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in 1503. On 15 April 1510 he was elected

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; he subsequently occupied the see until 6 June 1519. During the conference of

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, 10 December 1515,

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personally asked

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to elevate Bishop Gouffier to the cardinalate. As such, the pope made him a

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in the

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of 14 December 1515. He received the

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and the

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the same day. In November 1516, Francis I of France named him

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. On 8 November 1517 he opted for the titular church of

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. He served as

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to the Kingdom of France from 23 March 1519 until 1520. He also became the administrator of the see of Albi on 6 June 1519. He did not participate in the papal conclave of 1521-22 that elected

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. He died at the ''

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'' de Villendren-sur-Indre near

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on 24 July 1523. He was buried in

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