Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron

Claude Bouton, Lord of Corbaron (died, 30 June 1556[1]) was an important courtier; poet and diplomate.[2]

Burial stone inside the Sablon


Family

He was married in 1514 to Jacqueline of Lannoy, granddaughter of Baldwin of Lannoy.[3]

Career

In 1544 he was appointed as governor of Willem; Prince of Orange.[4] He served at the court of Marie of Hungarye. Later; Bouton was member of the Council of State of Emperor Charles V. He is the author of the "Mirouer des Dames", written between 1517 and 1523. Bouton had an important collection of books, amongst them the Douze dames de rhétorique.

Burial

He is buried inside the Church of the Sablon, Brussels. He had a private chapel constructed for his grave. Their grave is known for its unusual depiction of the couple.[5]

References
  1. Histoire généalogique des comtes de Chamilly de la maison de Bouton, au duché de Bourgogne, dans le bailliage de Chalon, issuë de celle de Jauche du duché de Brabant. Justifiée par divers titres particuliers d'églises, tombeaux, épitaphes... par Pierre Palliot
  2. Un agent politique de Charles-Quint, le Bourguignon Claude Bouton, seigneur de Corberon /Eugène Beauvois Slatkine, 1971
  3. Mémoires de Jean D'Hollander, chanoine de Sainte Waudru, sur la révolte des Ganthois en l'an 1539, contre Charle V. empereur des Romains & monarque des Espagnes, leur légitime seigneur, écrit l' an 1547
  4. Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis, Volume 56/epartement Geschiedenis van de Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius., 1973
  5. http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=B029226&objnr=20009322&nr=206
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