Claude de Longwy
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Cardinal Claude de Longwy de Givry |
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| Church | S. Agnese in Agone |
| Diocese | Macon (1510-1529) Langres (1528-1561) Poitiers (1534-1550) Administrator of Périgueux (1540-1541) Administrator of Amiens (1540-1546) |
| Other posts | Abbot of Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1529) Abbot of Pothieres Abbot of Saint-Benigne de Dijon |
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| Created Cardinal | 7 November 1533 by Pope Clement VII |
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| Born | 1481 |
| Died | 1561 Chateau de Mussy-sur-Seine |
| Buried | Cathedral of Langres |
| Nationality | Burgundian |
| Parents | Philippe de Longuy, Seigneur de Pagny Jeanne de Bauffremont, dame de Mirabeau |
Claude de Longwy de Givry (1481–1561) was a French bishop and Cardinal, from an aristocratic background. He was the son of Philippe de Longuy, Seigneur de Givry and Jeanne de Beautremont, Dame de Mirabeau. He had four brothers: Jean de Longuy, Sieur de Givry and Baron de Mirabeau (who married Jeanne d'Orleans, natural sister of King Francis I), Christophe de Longuy, Antoine de Longuy, and Étienne de Longuy. Claude's aunt Jeanne had married Guy de la Baume, Count de Montrevel, and one of their sons was Cardinal Pierre de la Baume (1539-1544), Prince and Bishop of Geneva (1522-1543).
Claude de Longuy became bishop of Mâcon, in 1510, as successor to his uncle Étienne de Longwy (1488-1510). He attended the schismatic Conciliabulum of Pisa in 1511, no doubt on the command of King Louis XII of France. On 16 March 1516 he made his solemn entry. He served as Bishop of Macon until 1529. On 10 January 1527, the Bishop's niece, Jeanne de Longuy was married to Philippe Chabot de Brion, Governor of Burgundy.
He became a member of the royal Council by 1523. On 23 May 1526 Bishop de Givry presided at a meeting of the Estates of the Mâconnais; this was the first time that the Bailly of Macon did not preside at a meeting of the Estates, the privilege being given by the Letters of Convocation on this occasion to Bishop de Longuy personally. Obviously he was highly trusted by the King's Regency Council. On 7 July 1527 the Bishop was present at a meeting of the Estates of Auxonne. In 1527 Claude de Longwy served as Vicar General of Archbishop François de Rohan of Lyon in the council held in Lyon to raise money for the ransom of King Francis I, who was a prisoner of Charles V in Madrid.
Longwy was subsequently bishop of Langres (1528-1561), and then bishop of Poitiers (1534-1550).
In 1529 Bishop de Longwy was appointed Abbot Commendatory of Saint-Étienne de Dijon. The bulls were issued by Pope Clement VII on 13 February 1530. He was also the thirty-ninth Abbot of Pothieres (Pultariae, Poultieres). He was also the eighty-seventh Abbot of Saint-Benigne de Dijon
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