Individual Details

Jean Jasquas Renaut (Renou/Renault)

(Abt 1590 - )

Events

BirthAbt 1590Sedan, Ardennes, France
Marriage1620Sedan, Ardennes, France - Elisabeth Gerbau

Families

SpouseElisabeth Gerbau (1595 - )
ChildEstienne Renaut (Renault/Renaut/Renau) (1620 - 1683)
ChildNoe Renaut (1620 - )
ChildElizabet Renaut (1630 - )
ChildPierre Renoij (1640 - )

Notes

Birth

Sedan was founded in 1424. In the 16th century Sedan was an asylum for Protestant refugees from the Wars of Religion/Wars of Religion. Until 1651, the Principality of Sedan belonged to the La Tour d'Auvergne family. It was at that time a sovereign principality. Their most illustrious representative, Marshal Turenne Henri de la Tour dAuvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, was born at Sedan on September 11 , 1611 . With help from the Holy Roman Empire , it managed to defeat France at the Battle of La Marfée , though immediately afterwards it was besieged and its prince, Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon , submitted to France. Only a year after that submission, it was annexed to France in return for sparing his life after he became involved in a conspiracy against France.