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3 unusual facts about Jean Richardot


Jean Richardot

He was also put in charge of the delegation that met with the envoys of Queen Elizabeth I at Bourbourg in 1587, in a feigned attempt to end hostilities between England and Spain.

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He was born in Champlitte in 1540 as the son of Guillaume Grusset and Marguerite Richardot.

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The move earned him an appointment to the Privy Council of the rebels' Governor-General Archduke Matthias.



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Jean Richardot the Younger

Jean Richardot the Younger (Mechelen 7 October 1570 - Cambrai 28 February 1614) was bishop of Arras (1602–1609) and prince-archbishop of Cambrai, duke of Cambrai and count of the Cambrésis (1609–1614).