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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 • The Inquisition is implemented in Portugal. |
1558
Age: 22y
marriageBarbe De Beaufremez France ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1558 • Queen Elizabeth grants rest and refreshment to pilgrims and travellers who pass by the Holy Well Spring, Malvern. |
1560
Age: 24y
birth of childJacques Louis Wallerund Du Bois |
| 1560 • Charles IX (of France) succeeds his elder brother, Francis II, at the age of ten. |
1564
Age: 28y
birth of childLouis Du Bois |
| 1564 • Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi sails from Mexico. Later, he will conquer the Philippine Islands, founding Manila. |
1566
Age: 30y
birth of childJean Du Bois |
| 1566 • The Siege of Szigetvár is begun by Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. |
1568
Age: 32y
birth of childPierre Du Bois Herseaux, West Flanders, Belgium ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1568 • William I of Orange invades the Southeastern Netherlands. |
1607
Age: 71y
| 1607 • Première of Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, the earliest fully developed opera in the modern-day repertoire, at the Ducal Palace of Mantua. |
burialWicres Departement du Nord Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ⇓ At the Saint-Vaast Churchyard. 1 Source ⇓ |