Jacques de Crussol (1460 – 24 October 1525) was a member of the chivalric Order of Saint-Michel who became the first of his house to become Viscount of Uzès.
Early life.
Crussol was born in 1460 as the eldest son of Louis Bastet, Lord of Crussol, Sénéchal of Poitou, and Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix. His older sister, Louise de Crussol, married François I de La Rochefoucauld, Chamberlain to Kings Charles VIII and Louis XII.
Career.
Crussol received a relatively small inheritance of the Château de Crussol, which was later abandoned in favour of the Château d'Uzès after becoming Viscount. In addition to the viscounty, his wife also brought him the baronies of Lévis and Florensac. On the death of his father, he inherited the lordship of Crussol. He was made Sénéchal of Beaucaire and Nîmes in 1504 and remained so until his resignation in 1523, in favor of his son.
He served in a number of important offices, including Grand Chamberlain of France (), Grand Panetier of France (), Governor of Dauphiné, and Captain of 200 archers of the Royal Guard in February 1504.
Personal life.
On 24 June 1486, he married Simone d'Uzès, the only daughter of Jéhan d'Uzès, 6th Viscount of Uzès, and the former Anne de Brancas. Her father's viscounty had passed to her first husband, Jéhan Guérin de Châteauneuf, upon the 6th Viscount's death in 1475. Guérin, however, died in 1485 without any successors, so upon Jacques' marriage to Simone, their two houses were joined on the condition that the House of Crussol would thereafter accept both the name of the house of Uzès and its coat of arms, incorporating it into their own. A papal dispensation was obtained due to a second-degree nature of the succession. Together, they were the parents of:
The Viscount died in 1525 and was succeeded by his son, Charles.
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