List of governors of Provence

This is a list of governors of Provence.

Governors and grand seneschals, within France

Governors

Grand seneschals

  • 1480–1481 Pierre de La Jaille (see Château de Ranton)
  • 1482–1483 Raymond de Glandevès-Faucon
  • 1483 Palamède de Forbin
  • 1485–1493 Aymar de Poitiers, Count of Valentinois

Governors – grand seneschals

Grand seneschals

  • 1572–1582 Jean V de Pontevès, Count of Carcès
  • 1582–1610 Gaspard de Pontevès, Count of Carcès
  • 1610–1655 Jean de Pontevès, Count of Carcès
  • 1655–1662 François de Simiane-Gordes

Governors

In 1790, the French Revolution definitively ended the governorship.

See also

Sources

  • Atlas historique de la Provence, p 132
  • Jean Duquesne, Dictionnaire des Gouverneurs de Province (2002), p. 185–190. Paris: éditions Christian. ISBN 2864960990

Sources

  • Harding, Robert (1978). Anatomy of a Power Elite: the Provincial Governors in Early Modern France. Yale University Press.
  • Jouanna, Arlette (1998). Histoire et Dictionnaire des Guerres de Religion. Bouquins.
  1. Harding 1978, p. 227.
  2. Jouanna 1998, p. 378.
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