, another brother of the preceding, lord of Langey, a French general, who signalized himself in the service
, another brother of the preceding, lord of Langey, a French general, who signalized
himself in the service of Francis I. was also an able negociator, so that the emperor Charles V. used to say, “that
Langey’s pen had fought more against him than all the
lances of France.
” He was sent to Piedmont in quality of
viceroy, where he took several towns from the Imperialists.
His address in penetrating into an enemy’s designs was one
of those talents in the exercise of which he spared no expence, and thereby had intelligence of the most secret
councils of the emperor and his generals. He was extremely active in influencing some of the universities of
France, to give their judgment agreeably to the desires of
Henry VIII. king of England, when this prince wanted to
divorce his queen, in order to marry Anne Boleyn. It
was then the interest of France to favour the king of England in this particular, it being an affront to the emperor,
and a gratification to Henry, which might serve for the
basis of an alliance between him and Francis I. He was
sent several times into Germany to the princes of the proiestant league, and was made a knight of the order of
St. Michael.