He was successively Archbishop of Narbonne, of Toulouse, and of Rouen; and enjoyed the entire confidence of three monarchs, by each of whom he was entrusted with the most important state affairs.

Highly esteemed, alike for his wisdom, prudence, and capacity, he died full of honours at the age of fifty-three years, at Avignon, where he had taken up his abode as senior cardinal.

He left, as monuments of his piety, a seminary which he founded at Rouen, a residence for the Jesuits at Pontoise, and another for the Fathers of the Oratory at Dieppe.
[120] Pierre de Gondy (or Gondi), Bishop of Langres, and subsequently Archbishop of Paris, who was called to the Conclave by Pope Sixtus V in 1587.

He died at Paris in February 1616, at the advanced age of eighty-four years.

The Cardinal de Gondy was the first Archbishop of Paris, the metropolis having previously been only an episcopal see.
[121] Francois d'Escoubleau, better known under the name of Cardinal de Sourdis, was the son of Francois d'Escoubleau, Marquis d'Alliere, and was of an ancient and noble house.