Background
The Chabot family was one of the oldest and most powerful in Poitou. He was born in 1492 in France.
The Chabot family was one of the oldest and most powerful in Poitou. He was born in 1492 in France.
Philippe de Chabo was a cadet of the Jarnac branch.
After the battle of Pavia he was made admiral of France and governor of Burgundy (1526), and shared with Anne de Montmorency the direction of affairs.
He was at the height of his power in 1535, andcommanded the army for the invasion of the states of the duke of Savoy; but in the campaigns of 1536 and 1537 he was eclipsed by Montmorency, and from that moment his influence began to wane.
He was accused by his enemies of peculation, and condemned on the 10th of February 1541 to a fine of 1, 500, 000 livres, to banishment, and to the confiscation of his estates.
On 10 January 1526, Chabot married Françoise de Longwy, Dame de Pagny and de Mirebeau. They had six children.