Charles de Balsac, baron de Dunes dating history

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Charles de Balsac, baron de Dunes (known as Entraguet or ‘the young’) (c. –c.) was a French noble, governor, soldier and courtier during the French Wars of Religion. The third son of Guillaume de Balsac and Louise d'Humières, by 1571 he had become a gentilhomme de la chambre to the brother of the king, the duke of Anjou/ This relationship was aided by the two having been classmates at the Collège de Navarre. He fought under the duke at the siege of La Rochelle in 1573 before joining the prince when he was elected as king of the Commonwealth. He served in the new king's household as Chambellan. By the time Anjou returned to France as king Henri III in 1574 he had become one of the king's paramount favourites. This situation would not last and he would be usurped in the attentions of the king by Caylus, a matter he greatly resented. Resultingly he moved into the circle of the House of Lorraine, who his family had long been clients of.