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About Jacques Goyon de Matignon
Jacques II de Goyon seigneur de Matignon (1525-1598) was a governor and Marshal of France. Coming from a prominent Norman family, he assumed the role of Lieutenant-General of lower Normandy. In this position he came into conflict with the Protestant governor of Normandy Bouillon. During the first civil war Matignon would come into conflict with the governor, who occupied a third individual position between the crown and the rebels as he felt his authority eroded. In 1574 the governorship of Normandy which had become vacant was split into three separate offices between Matignon, Meilleraye and Carrouges. He would hold the governorship until it was reunited in 1583 for Henri III's favourite Anne de Joyeuse.
Everything about Jacques Goyon de Matignon →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, general field marshal
- Position held
- mayor of a place in France, mayor of Bordeaux
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- September 26, 1525
- Died
- July 27, 1598, July 27, 1597