Georges de Selve

Georges de Selve
George de Selve in Hans Holbein the Younger's The Ambassadors.
Bishop of Lavaur
In office
1526–1540
Ambassador to Republic of Venice, Austria, the Pope, England, Germany and Spain
In office
April 1540 – 12 April 1541
MonarchKing Francis I of France
Personal details
Born1508
DiedApril 12, 1541(1541-04-12) (aged 32–33)
Parent
  • Jean de Selve (father)
RelativesOdet de Selve
OccupationScholar, diplomat and ecclesiastic

Georges de Selve (1508 – 12 April 1541) was a French scholar, diplomat and ecclesiastic.

Biography

He was the son of Jean de Selve, a jurist and Parlement president, and brother of Odet de Selve. Three other brothers served as diplomats.[1]

Georges de Selve was Bishop of Lavaur from 1526 (at age 18) to 1540. He was sent by King Francis I of France as ambassador to the Republic of Venice, Austria (in April 1540), to the Pope in Rome, to England, Germany and Spain.

He is the figure of the right in a picture by Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, and Jean de Dinteville is the other one, which hangs in the National Gallery, London.[2] De Selve was just 25 when Holbein painted him and he is wearing the vestments of a clergyman, who represent the interests of the Catholic Church, since he had just been appointed Bishop of Lavaur in France.[3]

He wrote on theology, studied with and was a patron of Eli Levita from 1534,[4] and was commissioned by the king to make translations.

He died on 12 April 1541 at the age of 33 and is interred at Lavaur Cathedral.[5]

Bibliography

  • Robert J. Kalas, The Selve Family of Limousin: Members of a New Elite in Early Modern France, The Sixteenth Century Journal, 18 (1987), 147-172

References

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  2. ^ "Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors')". National Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "George de Selve". Princeton Public Schools. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ Laird, Gordon (15 August 1999). "Eli Levita, Sebastian Munster, Paul Fagius, David Kimhi". Glaird. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Georges de Selve - La bible". Lycée Louis Feuillade (in French). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2019.