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French diplomat
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1529
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11 May 1609
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Biography
Antoine d'Estrées (1529 – 11 May 1609) was Marquis of Coeuvres, vicomte of Soissons and of Bercy, Knight of the Order of Saint-Esprit (1578) and Knight of the Order of Saint-Michel (1578).
He was the son of Jean d'Estrées, Count of Orbec and Marquis of Cœuvres (1486–1571), and Catherine de Bourbon (around1508 to around 1530). He married Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière and had at least two children:
- Gabrielle d'Estrées
- François Annibal d'Estrées.
He was Grand Master of artillery of France from 1597 to 1599, under the reign of Henri IV.