Charles de Hémard de Denonville
{{Short description|French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal}}
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Charles de Hémard de Denonville (1493–1540) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Charles de Hémard de Denonville was born in Denonville in 1493, the son of Pierre Hémard, seigneur de Denonville, and Jeanne Frémiere.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] He was educated at the Collège de Le Mans in Paris, becoming a doctor of both laws.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
After completing his education, he became a secretary of Cardinal Philippe de Luxembourg.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] In 1515, he obtained the benefice of Notre-Dame de Sanchez, Cahors, and in 1517, the benefice of Dangeau.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] Also in 1517, he became a canon of the cathedral chapter of Tours Cathedral.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
He was ordained as a priest on Easter Sunday, 1518.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] Following the death of Cardinal Philippe de Luxembourg in 1518, Hémard de Denonville became secretary of Cardinal Adrian Gouffier de Boissy; pastor of Saint-Gabriel de Vignoux, Bourges; and a canon of Coutances Cathedral, later its archdeacon.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] In 1520, he became a protonotary apostolic; in 1521, prior of Saint-Pierre de Aubiers Abbey in Luçon; in 1522, pastor of Saint-Firmin de Asnières; and in 1523, prior of Saint-Jean des Grèves.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
He became a royal chaplain to Francis I of France in January 1526.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] In 1528, he became a member of the Conseil du Roi.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] He also became president of the Royal Ecclesiastical Department.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] He also became a datary attached to the legation to the Kingdom of France, continuing to hold this post even after promotion to the episcopate.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
On 23 January 1531 he was elected bishop of Mâcon.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] In November 1533, he became France's ambassador to the pope in Rome, and he occupied that post from May 1534 to May 1538.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] In 1535, he became abbot of Saint-Aubin de Angers.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
At the request of Francis I of France, Pope Paul III created him a cardinal priest in the consistory of 22 December 1536.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] He received the red hat the next day and the titular church of San Matteo in Via Merulana on 15 January 1537.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
On 9 December 1538 he was named administrator of the see of Amiens.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
He traveled to Le Mans with Cardinal Jean du Bellay and there fell ill on 17 August 1540; he died in Le Mans on 23 August 1540.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church] He received heart burial: his heart was buried in Le Mans Cathedral and his body was buried in Amiens Cathedral.[http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios1536.htm#Hemard Entry from Biographical Dictionary of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
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