Pierre de Gondi


Pierre de Gondi, cardinal de Retz was a French bishop and cardinal of the Gondi family.

Life

Born in Lyon, he was a brother of Albert de Gondi and a protégé of Catherine de Médicis. In turn, he became bishop of Langres, bishop of Paris, chancellor and grand almoner to Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Charles IX of France.
He was created cardinal in 1587.
Godni undertook several missions to Rome under Henry III of France and Henry IV of France and attended the 1592 papal conclave.