François Hotman, Seigneur de Villiers St Paul

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François Hotman, Seigneur de Villiers St Paul

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Birthplace: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death: February 12, 1590 (65)
Bale, Switzerland
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Son of Pierre Hotman, Seigneur de Villers-St-Paul and Paule de Villiers-St-Paul de Marle, Seigneurie de Vaugien
Husband of Claudet Hotman
Father of Marie Hotman; Pierre Hotman; Suzanne Hotman; Jean Marquis de Villers-St-Paulde de Hotman, Count; Theages Hotman and 2 others

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About François Hotman, Seigneur de Villiers St Paul

French Protestant lawyer and writer, associated with the legal humanists and with the monarchomaques, who struggled against absolute monarchy. His first name is often written 'Francis' in English. His surname is Latinized by himself as Hotomanus, by others as Hotomannus and Hottomannus. He has been called "one of the first modern revolutionaries".

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