Jean du Thiers, seigneur de Beauvoir (died 1559) was Minister of Finance for Henry II of France, and a Secretary of State.
He was a great humanist and protector of the poet Joachim du Bellay and Pierre de Ronsard.
He bought the Château de Beauregard, Loire Valley, in 1545, for 2,000 gold ecus.
Jean du Thiers was the real builder of the castle. He incorporated the old house in the new building and built in Renaissance style, the central gallery which connected the two buildings.
From 1553, he appealed to many foreign artists who were working for King Henry II. The painter Nicolò dell'Abbate decorated it with frescoes. Francesco Scibec da Carpi carved woodwork of the study, "the Cabinet of Jingle Bells" at the foot of the windows of the south wing. He showed a collections of rare plants.[1]
JeanduThiers, seigneur de Beauvoir (died 1559) was Minister of Finance for Henry II of France, and a Secretary of State. He was a great humanist and...
Look up thiers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thiers is a French place name and surname, with the variants Thier and Tier. It may refer to: Adolphe...
(1501–1558). In a letter of 29 April 1549 Secretary of State,JeanduThiers complained to the King that du Bellay's letters from Rome were voluminous, but contained...
They both were admitted to the bar in 1818; Thiers made a precarious living as a lawyer for three years. Thiers, who showed a strong interest in literature...
Armand Jeandu Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (French: [aʁmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dy plɛsi]; 9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French...
arrest of Nicolas Fouquet; his powers were transferred to First Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who would become ex officio Controller-General of Finances...
de 1789. Du 30 septembre 1791 au 26 octobre 1795, after Michelet, Thiers, Mignet, iconographie de l'époque réunie sous la direction de Jean Robiquet,...
Thiers old hospital (Ancien hôpital de Thiers, in French) is the former site of a hospital dating back to the 17th century, located in the eastern part...
today's rue Thiers) was undeveloped. The Porte de Weppes was located near this bridge (now at the corner of Rue Esquermoise and Rue Thiers) on Lille's...
arrondissement of Thiers were, as of January 2015: Châteldon Courpière Lezoux Maringues Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle Thiers "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble...
fortified Thiers wall, completed around 1840. In 1859, the military engineering service gave conditional control of the Rue Militaire and Thiers wall to...
is twinned with Thiers. Seychalles bridge Ship bridge Saint-Roch bridge Vielh bridge View of the Durolle valley at Thiers. Saint-Jean bridge is at bottom...
under the strict control of Paris' urban planners. The demolition of the Thiers wall during the 1920s allowed for the creation of a third ring of boulevards...
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