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Jean de Valette Parisot
nobleman from Quercy, having belonged to the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem of which he was Grand Prior of Saint-Gilles (Langue de Provence) from 1556 to 1557 then Grand Master from 1557 to 1568
Elisabeth of Valois
Queen consort of Spain (1545-1568)
Marie Louise d'Orléans
Queen consort of Spain (1662-1689)
Claude of Valois
French princess
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (1464–1534)
Isaac Casaubon
Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)
Claudine, Lady of Monaco
Ruler of Monaco, later Lady Consort of Monaca (1451-1515)
Martin Guerre
Impersonated French peasant
Philippa of Guelders
Twin sister of Charles, Duke of Guelders; Duchess consort of Lorraine
Claude de la Sengle
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Philibert of Chalon
French nobleman
Jean de la Cassière
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Nicolas of Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur
Roman Catholic bishop (1524-1577)
Jacob Regnart
Franco-Flemish composer
Claude of Lorraine, duke of Aumale
French aristocrat (1526-1573)
Didier de Tholon Sainte-Jalle
nobleman from Dauphiné, member of the Hospitallers of Saint-Jean of Jerusalem, of whom he was grand prior of Toulouse then grand master
Emery d'Amboise
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Guy de Blanchefort
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Renée of Bourbon
Duchess consort of Lorraine
Charlotte of Naples
Princess of Naples
Jacques de Sores
French pirate
Gaspard I de Coligny
French soldier (1465/1470–1522)
Pierre Moulu
French composer
Guillaume de Montmorency
father of Anne de Montmorency, Marshal of France; (1453-1531)
Charlotte de La Marck
16th-century French noblewoman
Louis III de La Trémoille
Burgrave of Thouars, raised to Duke of Thouars
René de Brosse
French noble
Martin de Hoyarçabal
French writer
Claude Gouffier
French nobleman and book collector
Jean Babou
1511 Tours - 11 Oct 1569 Moncontour
Antoine de Loménie
French diplomat
Palamede de Forbin
French and Provencal politician of the 15th century, founder of the noble house of Forbin, Grand Seneschal, Governor and Lieutenant-General of Provence, and Governor of Dauphiné
François de Lorraine
French military leader (1506-1525)