About Arnaud du Ferrier
Lived 1508 – 1585 (aged 76–77). Arnaud du Ferrier was a French diplomat and jurist.
Arnaud Du Ferrier (c. 15081585) was a French lawyer and diplomat.
He was born at Toulouse and practised as a lawyer first at Bourges, afterwards at Toulouse. Councillor to the parlement of the latter town, and then to that of Rennes, he later became president of the parlement of Paris. He represented King Charles IX at the Council of Trent in 1562, but had to retire in consequence of the attitude he had adopted, and was sent as ambassador to Venice, where he remained till 1567, returning again in 1570.
On his return to France he came into touch with the Calvinists, to whose beliefs he was sympathetic, and consequently lost his place in the privy council and part of his fortune. As compensation, Henry of Navarre appointed him his chancellor.
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Who was Arnaud du Ferrier?
French diplomat
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Arnaud du Ferrier was born in 1508 in Toulouse.
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Arnaud du Ferrier died in 1585.
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Arnaud du Ferrier was a diplomat and jurist.
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Arnaud du Ferrier was French.
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