Charles du Lys
Charles du Lys | |||
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| Born | 1539 | ||
| Died | 1632 | ||
| Nationality | French | ||
| Citizenship | France | ||
| Occupation | Lawyer | ||
Charles du Lys, born in 1559, died around 1632, was a counsellor of French King Henry IV of France, first lawyer of the Court of Aids in Paris and general lawyer of the Parliament of Paris.
He began his career as secretary of François Viète.
Biography
He is the son of Michel du Lys, ordinary gentleman of King Henry II of France:.[1], and thus great-great-nephew of Joan of Arc[2]
François Viète, mathematician, considered one of the founders of Algebra, intended him for the preparatory work of Decipherment the secret correspondence of the enemies of King Henri IV.
He also took care of genealogy and claimed to descend from the family of Joan of Arc, through his brother, Pierre du Lys, and his nephews: Jean du Lys the young and Jean du Lys the Picard.
Works
A unique collection of genealogical manuscripts and documents on Joan of Arc have been brought together by Du Lys.[3]
In 1629, Charles du Lys lost the son he had had by his wife Catherine de Cailly, born November 25, 1574. Without a male heir, his collection passed to his daughter Françoise, wife of Louis Quatrehommes.
It seems that the essential motivation of this filiation and the major concern of those who, at that time, claimed to be descended from the brothers of Joan of Arc, was to benefit from an exceptional tax exemption. Charles VII, had ennobled all posterity, male and female, born and unborn, in legitimate marriage. Thus, this nobility was transmitted by women as well as by men
We find similar concerns among the pseudo-descendants of Eudes Le Maire, exempt from taxes, among whom we will count one of the translators of Viète, Vasseur alias Hardy.
We owe Charles du Lys a treatise, as well as a work on the birth and parentage of the Pucelle, published in 1612[4]
- Traité sommaire tant du nom et des armes que de la naissance et parenté de la Pucelle d'Orléans et de ses frères;
- De l'extraction et parenté de la Pucelle d'Orléans.
References
- ↑ "Généalogy for Charles du Lys". CanalBlog. 1985.
- ↑ Comte C. de Maleyssie, Les Reliques de Jeanne d'Arc (1911).
- ↑ "Collection Conrad de Maleyssie : sur Jeanne d'Ar" (PDF). Archives Vosges.
- ↑ M. Vallet de Viriville, Charles du Lis, Opuscules historiques relatifs à Jeanne d'Arc, Paris, 1856.
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