♂ Antoine Du Bois

1512 - 1560

 

De Fiennes, Chevalier, Seigneur de Vermeilles

Antoine Du Bois
Parents
Charles Du Bois I
Charles Du Bois I
1482 - 1548
Claudine De Lannoy
Claudine De Lannoy
1490 - 1548
Spouse
Baudouine Lyonnel
Baudouine Lyonnel
1516 - 1560
Children
Charles Du Bois II
Charles Du Bois II
1536 - 1607

The Du Bois family were known as Grand Masters of the Forests of France. All family records were intentionally destroyed by Louis XIV since they were Protestant. Lands and goods were confiscated and their names were erased and torn out of all church records. Antoine held the titles of Chevalier, Seigneur de Vermeilles.

1534


Age: 22y
1534 • A group of Anabaptists, led by Jan Matthys, seize Münster in Westphalia and declare it "The New Jerusalem", begin to exile dissenters and forcibly baptize all others.

1560


Age: 48y
1560 Treaty of Berwick: Terms agreed with the Lords of the Congregation in the Kingdom of Scotland for forces of the Kingdom of England to enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.

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