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About Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
Armand de Gontaut, Baron of Biron was a soldier, diplomat and Marshal of France. Beginning his service during the Italian Wars, Biron served in Italy under Marshal Brissac and Guise in 1557 before rising to command his own cavalry regiment. Returning to France with the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis he took up his duties in Guyenne, where he observed the deteriorating religious situation that was soon to devolve into the French Wars of Religion. He fought at the Battle of Dreux in the first civil war. In the peace that followed he attempted to enforce the terms on the rebellious governorship of Provence.
Everything about Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron →- Occupation
- civil servant, politician, military personnel
- Position held
- mayor of Bordeaux
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- 1524
- Died
- July 26, 1592