Côme (or Cosmo) Clausse lord Marchaumont (1530? – 1558) was a notary and secretary of the king, and was Secretary of State for King
Henry II of France
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, from 1547 until his death in 1558.
Biography
He was the second son of John Clauss († 1504), correction to the Board of Auditors of Paris, lord of Marchaumont in
Picardy
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, and Philip Bailey. Royal notary, secretary of the Dauphin Francis (1540) and then Henry, son of Francis I, he is chairman of the Board of Auditors of
Nantes
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and steward of the business area of Britainny, traditionally vested in Dauphin France.
Upon his accession in April 1547, King Henry II named him one of the four secretaries of state responsible for its commandments and he performed that function until his death in 1558. In 1549, he is provided alongside the Office of Comptroller of ordinary wars. He followed the King to
Damvillers
Damvillers () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
Damvillers was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, which was part of the Spanish Netherlands . In 1552, France intervened in the princes' revolt and ...
(1552) and was knighted after the capture of that city.
He bought in 1550 the land of
Fleury-en-Biere, and built the castle (today the department of
Seine-et-Marne
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) which is given to his eldest son Henry. He bought for 15,000 pounds, on 20 February 1552, the land
Courances (current department of
Essonne
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.
He married Marie Bourgeois, daughter of
Francis Bourgeois
Sir Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois Royal Academy, RA (November 1753 – 8 January 1811) was an English landscape art, landscape painter and history painter, and court painter to king George III of the United Kingdom.
In the late 18th century he ...
(Burgensis), first physician to
Francis I; they had thirteen children, including:
* Henry, lord of Fleury-en-Biere, godson of Henry II, Grand Master of Waters and Forests of France (elder);
* Peter, lord of Marchemont (second son);
* Nicolas (1545–1573), bishop of Chalons in 1572 (third son);
* Como (1548–1624), bishop of Chalons in 1575.
Sources
* Olivier Poncet, « Posséder Courances (XVe-XIXe siècle) », in : ''Valentine de Ganay et Laurent Le Bon (dir.), Courances'', Paris, Flammarion, 2003, p. 77
* ''La Chesnaye des Bois, Dictionnaire de la Noblesse'', 2e édition, Paris Veuve Duchesne, 1772, tome IV, p. 555
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1530s births
1558 deaths
Foreign ministers of France
16th-century French diplomats
Court of Henry II of France