Philibert de Châlon

Philibert de Châlon-Arlay (March 18th 1502 - August 3rd 1530) it is prince d' Orange, lord of Arlay and lord of Nozeroy.

It is downward direct branch junior by the counts of Burgundy, the Châlon-Arlay.

(Ancestor of the Maison of Orange-Nassau and the queen Beatrix of the Netherlands which currently reigns on the Netherlands)

Biography

It is born the March 18th 1502 with Lons-the-Salt maker in the the Jura from the Comté from Burgundy. Wire of Jean IV of Trawl-net-Arlay and Philiberte of Luxembourg (girl of Antoine II of Ligny, Count de Brienne of Ligny and Roucy) His/her father dies this same year with old 49 years and it succeeds to him the birth under the regency of his mother

It takes share with the great events of the first part of the power struggles between the king François I {{er}} of France and the German Emperor Charles Quint.

He dies in Florence the August 3rd 1530 at the 28 years age to the battle of Gavinana. A branch junior by the ducal house of Nassau acquires the Principauté of Orange.

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