Holbein's "Ambassadors", the picture and the men

Note 100 — Chapter II · The First Mission to England of the Bailly of Troyes (1531) and the Calais Interview of 1532

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Guillaume, fourth son of Gaucher, was brought up in the household of Henry, Count of Nassau, who was attached to the Court of Charles V. The Count of Nassau was related to the Dinteville family, and at his death left to Guillaume a house in Paris. On this side the family had both Spanish and German connections.

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