Claude de l'Aubespine, baron of Châteauneuf

From 1537 until 1567 he was one of the four Secretaries of State (ministers managing the government). He was one of the plenipotentiary of France to the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis, ending the Italian War of 1551–1559. He served as secretary of state to kings Francis I, Henry II, Francis II and Charles IX. He was associated with the Assembly of Notables at Fontainebleau, where he produced an edict of tolerance for reforms (1560) and the (1562). ==Family==

Claude de l'Aubespine married Jeanne Bochetel, a daughter of the diplomat Guillaume Bochetel. Her brother Jacques Bochetel de la Forest, was a diplomat in London in the 1560s. Their children included: • Madeleine de L'Aubépine (1546-1596). • Guillaume de l'Aubespine de Châteauneuf (1547-1625), who was a diplomat in London, involved in the affairs of Mary, Queen of Scots. ==Sources==