Jean IV of Trawl-net-Arlay

Jean IV of Trawl-net-Arlay (1443 - 1502) was prince d' Orange, lord of Arlay, Nozeroy and Montfort (ancestor of the Maison of Orange-Nassau and the queen Beatrix of the Netherlands who currently reigns on the Netherlands). It was commonly called Jean de Chalon , then prince d' Orange .

Biography

It is born in 1443 in Franche-Comté. Wire of the prince d' Orange Guillaume VII (1414 - 1475) and of Catherine of Brittany (girl of the count Richard d' Étampes and sister of the duke François II of Brittany).

He marries in 1467 Jeanne de Bourbon (girl of the duke Charles Ier de Bourbon and of Agnès of Burgundy and little girl of the duke of Burgundy Jean Ier of Burgundy (Jean without Peur))

Widower in 1483, it marries in second wedding Philiberte of Luxembourg (girl of Antoine II of Ligny, Count de Brienne of Ligny and Roucy) with which he has Claude of Arguel Trawl-net deceased at the 2 years age, and Philibert de Chalon Arlay (1502 1530) which succeeds to him

In 1479, following the death of its powerful allied duke of Burgundy Charles Bold the, his enemy the king Louis XI passes in strong position and confiscates the totality of the goods of the house of the Trawl-net-Arlay, forcing the Orange prince to compose and enter to the service of the king. It will return however at Marie of Burgundy to defend her project of marriage with the Maximilien archduke of Austria. In 1477, Louis XI will make it banish kingdom and hang in effigy.

Nephew of the duke François II of Brittany, it is sent by Maximilien in Brittany in 1481. He will take part in it in the conspiracy missed against the general treasurer Landais on April 7th, 1484, following what, in rupture of round of applause like the others entreated, he will sign the treaty of Montargis with the regent of France Anne de Beaujeu. This new treason will be worth to him the confiscation of its goods in Brittany, which will be returned to him after the second conspiracy against Pierre Landais and his execution, by weakened François II. It then takes the effective direction of the businesses of the duchy with the marshal of Rieux and the count de Comminges. The hand of the princess Anne being then the political main argument in Brittany, each one has its candidate. Orange militates logically for a union with Maximilien of Austria. Its name - Orange - is given to the one of French canon of Rennes (5899 pounds!). In military and political distress, François II offers to him, in order to guarantee his fidelity, the châtellenies of Lamballe, Moncontour, Rhuys and Lespine-Gaudin. With the Battle of Saint-Aubin of Cormier on July 28th, 1488, after having fought with eagerness, it tries to be made pass for dead but is made prisoner with the duke of Orleans by the victorious French. It will remain under house arrest with Riom until February 1489. It returns to this date to Rennes, sent by Charles VIII to prevent the marriage of Anne with Alain d' Albret and to negotiate with it situation of the French troops in the duchy.

With the advent of the duchess Anne of Brittany in 1488, he becomes the heir apparent to his niece, in competition with the Viscount Jean II of Rohan, until the birth of the dolphins Charles-Orland, Charles, then of Claude of France. Like such, it takes part in the ducal council and intervenes in the policy options and matrimonial of the duchess. She appoints it captain of Rennes and general lieutenant. Principal minister with the chancellor Montauban and Dunois between 1490 and 1491, it advises to him the marriage with the king of the Romans Maximilien of Austria. Trapped by the head office of Rennes by the French troops, it negotiates as of September 1491 a union with the king of France Charles VIII. Witness of the duchess Anne to his marriage on December 6th, 1491, it gives up by this marriage contract his rights on Brittany for the sum of 100.000 books and the general lieutenancy of Brittany, which will be confirmed to him by Anne - widow - in 1499 and which it will preserve until his death in 1502. He negotiates with some others the terms of third marriage contract of the queen Anne, this time with Louis XII.

Jean IV of Trawl-net-Arlay dies on April 8th 1502 with old 49 years. His/her son Philibert de Chalon succeeds to him.

His Philiberte wife of Luxembourg places order the January 23rd 1531 to the sculptors Conrad Meyt and Giovanni Battista Mariotto of a monument in Albâtre and of a Gisant for her husband Jean IV of Trawl-net Arlay, his first wife Jeanne de Bourbon, her first wire Claude d' Arguel died in old 2 years, her second wire Philibert de Chalon and itself, which it makes place at the convent of the cordeliers street of Cordeliers at Lons-the-Salt maker in the the Jura in Franche-Comté

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