- Source: Charles de Solier, comte de Morette
Charles de" target="_blank">de Solier, comte de" target="_blank">de Morette (1480 – 1 February 1552), the son of Aubertin de" target="_blank">de Solier, comte de" target="_blank">de Morette (1465–1545), was a French soldier and diplomat as well as a long-serving gentilhomme de" target="_blank">de la chambre to Francis I. He acted as ambassador to England on a number of occasions from October 1526 to June 1535. Morette was in London in 1534 when Henry VIII was attempting to win French support for his repudiation of Catherine of Aragon, in an alliance against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Around this time, his portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger. He was succeeded as ambassador by Antoine de" target="_blank">de Castelnau, Bishop of Tarbes.
Marriages and issue
Morette married twice.
He married as his first wife, Silvie de" target="_blank">de Pont (1480–) and the couple had three sons:
François de" target="_blank">de Solier, comte de" target="_blank">de Morette (1495–1541)
Charles de" target="_blank">de Solier (c. 1500 – 1525)
Jacques de" target="_blank">de Solier (1500–1551)
He married as his second wife, Lucie Valles and by her had a daughter:
Marie de" target="_blank">de Solier (1520–)
He died 1 February 1552 at Le Plessis les Tours and was buried at the Église Saint-Grégoire des Minimes, Tours.
Footnotes
Sources
External links
Charles de" target="_blank">de Solier Family tree
Portraits of Charles de" target="_blank">de Solier, Sieur de" target="_blank">de Morette at the National Portrait Gallery, London