About Aymar Hennequin
Lived 1543 – 1596 (aged 52–53). Aymar Hennequin was a French prelate and catholic bishop.
Aimar or Aymar Hennequin (1543 – 13 January 1596) was a French cleric and bishop.
Life He was the third son of Dreux Hennequin († 1550), lord of Assy, president of the chambre des comptes of Paris, and his wife Renée Nicolaï. He was elder brother to another bishop, Jérôme Hennequin.
He became canon and clerk-counsellor to the Parlement of Paris before being made Bishop of Rennes on 3 July 1573. He was accused of being a member of the Catholic League and threatened with arrest, forcing him to flee Rennes in 1589. For four years he played a major role in the League's grand counsel in Paris,
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Who was Aymar Hennequin?
French Catholic cleric and bishop
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Aymar Hennequin was born in 1543.
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Aymar Hennequin died on 13 January 1596.
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Aymar Hennequin was a prelate and catholic bishop.
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Aymar Hennequin was French.
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