of the reign of Charles VI, was bishop of Beauvais (1432–44) and Laon (1444–49) and
then archbishop of Reims (1449–73). He headed the papal commission that pronounced
the rehabilitation of Jeanne d’Arc in 1456 and produced a treatise on the duties of the
chancellor of France. His brother Guillaume (1401–1472) was a longtime chancellor of
France (1445–61 and 1465–72). Michel (b. 1409), served as bailli of Troyes; Jacques
(1410–1457) held positions in the Parlement de Paris and Chambre des Comptes, was
treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle and archbishop of Reims (1444–49), and finished his
career as patriarch of Alexandria with administration of the bishoprics of Poitiers and
Fréjus.
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