Person

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

French statesman, made a cardinal

b. 1517 CE – d. 1586 CE World The North Atlantic Lands

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 1517 – 21 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, is a French statesman, made a cardinal, who follows his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsburgs, and is one of the most influential European politicians during the time which immediately followa the appearance of Protestantism in Europe.

He is also a notable art collector.