Michel de L'Hospital (also known as L'Hôpital, c. 1505-1573) was a French statesman who served during the reigns of four kings – Francis I, Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX – as Councillor of Parlement (1537), Chancellor of the Duchesse de Berry (1550), the first president of the Chamber of Accounts (1555), and Chancellor of France (1560-1568).
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c. 1505 - 1573Life of Michel de L'Hospital, French statesman.
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1537Michel de L'Hospital becomes Councillor of Parlement.
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1550Michel de L'Hospital is Chancellor of the Duchesse de Berry.
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1555Michel de L'Hospital is appointed the first president of the Chamber of Accounts.
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1560 - 1568Michel de L'Hospital is Chancellor of France.