Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 1517 – 21 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, was a Burgundian statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsburgs, and was one of the most influential European politicians during the time which immediately followed the appearance of Protestantism in Europe; "the dominating Imperial statesman of the whole century". He was also a notable art collector, the "greatest private collector of his time, the friend and patron of Titian and Leoni and many other artists".
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Count of La Baume Saint-Amour | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon | |
Portrait by Willem Key | |
| Archdiocese | Besançon |
| Appointed | 25 June 1584 |
| Term ended | 21 September 1586 |
| Other post(s) | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1578-1586) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1540 |
| Consecration | 21 May 1542 by Juan Pardo de Tavera |
| Created cardinal | 26 February 1561 by Pius IV |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1517 Ornans, Besançon, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 21 September 1586 (aged 69) Madrid, Kingdom of Spain |
| Previous post(s) | Archbishop of Mechelen (1561-1583) Bishop of Arras (1538-1561) |
| Motto | Durate |
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