Vidame de Chartres
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Vidame de Chartres was a title in the French nobility. There are a few vidame titles in France, of which that of Chartres is probably the best known, because a number of holders have been notable in w
The medieval Château de la Ferté Vidame, built by the Vendômes
The ruins of the Château de la Ferté-Vidame in 2005
François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres, drawing with colour, workshop of François Clouet, about 1550
Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, father of the memoirist
François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres, was a successful soldier and glamorous courtier who figures in accounts of the brilliant but decadent French court of the 1550s.
Vidame de Chartres
…1560. They largely rebuilt the chateau to give it the impressive feudal appearance, with eight towers, that it kept until the 1770s. The title passed to François de Vendôme (c. 1522 – 22 December 1560), who was a successful soldier who figures largely in accounts of the brilliant but decadent French court of the period…
Drawing with colour by François Clouet, about 1550
Drawing with colour, workshop of François Clouet, about 1550