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CHARLES DE LEVIS
Charles de Levis belonged to a family of the high aristocracy of France of the 16th century and was the son of Jean de Levis (d. 1533) and Françoise de Poitiers-Saint-Vallier (d. 1546). He bore numerous titles including chevalier, baron de Charlus, des Granges et de Mauregard, vicomte de Lugny et de Hanceaux, seigneur de Poligny, de Pury, des Barres et de Beauregard, conseiller et chambellan du Roi, grand maître et général réformateur des Eaux et Forêts du royaume. He was chosen panetier of King Henri II (d. 1559) in 1547 and gentilhomme ordinaire of his chamber in 1553, a title he also retained under Kings François II (d. 1560) and Charles IX (d. 1574) until his death in circa 1564.
Charles de Levis belonged to a family of the high aristocracy of France of the 16th century and was the son of Jean de Levis (d. 1533) and Françoise de Poitiers-Saint-Vallier (d. 1546). He bore numerous titles including chevalier, baron de Charlus, des Granges et de Mauregard, vicomte de Lugny et de Hanceaux, seigneur de Poligny, de Pury, des Barres et de Beauregard, conseiller et chambellan du Roi, grand maître et général réformateur des Eaux et Forêts du royaume. He was chosen panetier of King Henri II (d. 1559) in 1547 and gentilhomme ordinaire of his chamber in 1553, a title he also retained under Kings François II (d. 1560) and Charles IX (d. 1574) until his death in circa 1564.