Jacques de Crussol
Jacques de Crussol is the son of Louis de Crussol, a member of the chivalric Order of Saint-Michel. Born into a relatively small inheritance of the castle Crussol - later abandoned in favour of the castle in Uzès - Jacques was the first of his house to become viscount of Uzès. After the husband of the only daughter of the house of Uzès died without having left any successors, Jacques was the next to marry Simone d'Uzès. They married on 24 June 1486 and the two houses were thus joined on the condition that the house of Crussol would thereafter accept both the name of the house of Uzès and its coat of arms, incorporating it into their own.
Jacques de Crussol | |
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| 8th viscount of Uzès | |
| Coat of arms | Per pale barry of six Or and vert, and gules, three bendlets Or. |
| Reign | 1475-1525 |
| Predecessor | Jéhan d'Uzès 7th viscount of Uzès 1426-1475 |
| Successor | Charles de Crussol 9th viscount of Uzès 1525-1546 |
| Other titles | Grand Chamberlain of France Grand Breadmaster of France Governor of Dauphiné Sénéchal of Beaucaire and Nîmes in February 1504, Captain of 200 archers of the royal guard |
| Born | 1460 |
| Died | 1525 |
| Noble family | House of Crussol |
| Spouse(s) | Simone d'Uzès (24 June 1486) |
| Issue | Charles de Crussol (1483-1546) André de Crussol |
| Father | Louis de Crussol |
| Mother | Jeanne de Lévis |