Biron, Charles de Gontaut, Baron and Duke de
- Biron, Charles de Gontaut, Baron and Duke de
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▪ French baron and duke
born 1562
died July 31, 1602, Paris, France
son of Armand who won the favour of King
Henry IV by his courage and enterprise at Arques and Ivry and was made admiral of France and Brittany in 1592 after his father's death. He was relieved of that post and made marshal in 1594 on the recovery of Paris, when he was sent to regain Burgundy, and in 1597 he ended the war in the north by the recapture of Amiens.
Biron was made duke and peer in 1598 but was discontented with the king's handling of his government of Burgundy. His mission to Brussels (1598) entangled him in intrigue with Spain, as his duties in Burgundy had with Savoy. He commanded the force that gained Bourg-en-Bresse in 1600; but his opponent, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, was secretly promising him his daughter in marriage. Henry could not decide to take any real action until 1601, when Biron was known to be working with the malcontents led by the Count d'Auvergne (see Angoulême, Charles de Valois, duc d'). Biron was arrested at Fontainebleau and found guilty of treason in sending the Duke of Savoy full particulars of the French army; he was beheaded in the Bastille.
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