Noble family Brosse Spouse Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly Father Rene de Brosse Parents Rene de Brosse | Mother Jeanne de Commines Grandparents Jean III de Brosse Name Jean de | |
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Role Counts and dukes of Etampes Died January 27, 1564, Lamballe, France Great-grandparents Nicole de Blois, Jean II de Brosse People also search for Rene de Brosse, Cesar, Duke of Vendome, Jean III de Brosse | ||
Jean IV de Brosse (1505 in Lamballe – 1564) was the son of René de Brosse and Jeanne de Commines (daughter of Philippe de Commines).
After the death of his father at the Battle of Pavia, he succeeded him as Count of Penthièvre.
In 1533, he married Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, the mistress of Francis I of France, and was shortly thereafter created Count, then Duke of Étampes. However, he was greatly impoverished by the expenditures necessary to maintain their position at court. With the death of Francis I, the antipathy of Diane de Poitiers compelled Jean to retreat to Brittany, where he had been appointed governor in 1543; she also obtained his duchy of Étampes. After the death of Henry II of France and the fall of Diane, he was able to regain the duchy, but died not long thereafter.