About Philibert Babou
Lived 1484 – 1557 (aged 72–73). Philibert Babou was a French politician and inspecteur général des finances.
Philibert Babou (; c. 1484–1557) was a cryptographer and minister of finance for Francis I. Mayor of Tours in 1520, he was appointed trésorier in 1523, with powers to collect and distribute much of the king's revenue. His son Jean Babou became the Grand Master of Artillery.
Francis I of France took Babou's wife Marie Gaudin as a mistress,
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Who was Philibert Babou?
French politician
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Philibert Babou was born in 1484.
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Philibert Babou died in 1557.
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Philibert Babou was a politician and inspecteur général des finances.
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Philibert Babou was French.
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