Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle Count of La Baume Saint-Amour | |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Besançon | |
Portrait by Willem Key | |
| Archdiocese | Besançon |
| Appointed | 25 June 1584 |
| Term ended | 21 September 1586 |
| Other post | Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1578-1586) |
| Previous posts | Archbishop of Mechelen (1561-1583) Bishop of Arras (1538-1561) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1540 |
| Consecration | 21 May 1542 by Juan Pardo de Tavera |
| Created cardinal | 26 February 1561 by Pius IV |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 August 1517 |
| Died | 21 September 1586 (aged 69) |
| Motto | Durate |
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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 1517 – 21 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, typically known as Cardinal Granvelle in English, was a Burgundian statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsburgs. Granvelle was one of the most influential European politicians during the time which immediately followed the appearance of Protestantism in Europe; "the dominating Imperial statesman of the whole century". He was also a notable art collector, the "greatest private collector of his time, the friend and patron of Titian and Leoni and many other artists".