Anne de Joyeuse
Admiral of France · France · On the map · Historical Figures · Lived 1560 to 1587 · aged 27
Anne de Joyeuse, baron d'Arques then duc de Joyeuse was a French noble, governor, admiral, military commander, and royal favourite during the reign of Henri III in the French Wars of Religion.
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Possible portrait of Guillaume de Joyeuse, Anne's father
Portrait of Anne's maternal grandmother Isabeau de Savoie, comtesse du Bouchage. She would be Anne's most regular writing correspondent
Anne de Montmorency who would be a patron to the family in the mid 16th century
Painting of the marriage of Anne de Joyeuse and Marguerite de Lorraine. Henri III sits on a chair to the left
Henri I de Montmorency, third duke of Montmorency (known as Damville prior to 1579) under whom he would serve at the beginning of his career
The duke of Alençon, under whom Joyeuse would serve during the sixth civil war
Louis de Clermont, seigneur de Bussy, chief favourite of AlençonAwards
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The eldest son of Guillaume de Joyeuse and Marie de Batarnay, Joyeuse was part of one of the most prominent noble families in Languedoc. His father served as the lieutenant-general of the province. Joyeuse began his career in the mid 1570s, serving in Languedoc in the fifth civil war before joining the main royal army during the sixth civil war and seeing combat at the Siege of Issoire in late 1577. Around this time he caught the attention of the king and entered into the circle of his favourites, he was made a Gentilhomme de la chambre then a Chambellan (chamberlain). By 1579 he would be one of the king's four chief favourites, alongside Épernon, Saint-Luc and D'O. That same year he became governor of the Mont-Saint-Michel. In 1580 civil war resumed and the king dispatched Épernon and Joyeuse to play important roles in the siege of La Fère. Joyeuse would be seriously wounded in the reduction of the city.
