Antoine d'Estrées (1529 – 11 May 1609) was Marquis of Coeuvres, vicomte of Soissons and of Bercy, Knight of the Order of Saint-Esprit in 1578 and Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel also in 1578. He was made gentleman of the chamber for Francis, Duke of Anjou, and later was made governor of several territories.

Biography

Antoine was the son of Jean d'Estrées, Count of Orbec and Marquis of Cœuvres Catherine de Bourbon. He was born some time during 1529.

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In 1558, he married Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière and had at least nine children, the most famous being: Gabrielle d'Estrées François Annibal d'Estrées Julienne-Hippolyte-Joséphine d’Estrées Angélique d’Estrées

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1529 births

1609 deaths

French diplomats

Members of the Académie Française

16th-century French people

Antoine d'Estrées