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Also known as Signeur de Bourse. The du Bois name is of fuedal origin. The name is related to Count de Roussey [c 1110] whose ancestors added the title of du Bois to their patronymic. It is an old name in Neustria , before the time of Rollo . Neustria is the western part of the Frankish Merovingian Kingdom .
1536
| 1536 • Trade compact exempts French merchants from Ottoman law and allows them to travel, buy and sell throughout the sultan's dominions and to pay low customs duties on French imports and exports. The compact is renewed in 1569. |
1558
Age: 22y
marriageBarbe De Beaufremez France ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1558 • French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England. |
1560
Age: 24y
birth of childJacques Louis Wallerund Du Bois |
| 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. |
1564
Age: 28y
birth of childLouis Du Bois |
| 1564 • Battle of Ula (Livonian War): A Lithuanian surprise attack results in a decisive defeat of the numerically superior Russian forces. |
1566
Age: 30y
birth of childJean Du Bois |
| 1566 • The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. |
1568
Age: 32y
birth of childPierre Du Bois Herseaux, West Flanders, Belgium ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1568 • Battle of Jemmingen: The main Spanish army of the Duke of Alva utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands. |
1607
Age: 71y
| 1607 • John Hall marries Susanna, daughter of William Shakespeare. |
burialWicres Departement du Nord Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ⇓ At the Saint-Vaast Churchyard. 1 Source ⇓ |