great-great-great-grandson of Richard Neufville (13?? - ??), merchant at the Les Halles foodmarket who bought part of a house which later became the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon great-grandson of Nicolas I Neufville (?? - 1549) grandson of Nicolas II Neufville de Villeroy and Guillaume Prudhomme, seigneur de Fontenay-en-Brie. great nephew of Pierre Legendre (1465 - 1524), wealthy treasurer of France. son of Nicolas III de Villeroy and Jeanne Prudhomme husband of the poet Madeleine de l'Aubespine, Dame de Villeroy father of Charles de Villeroy grandfather of Nicolas V de Villeroy
Life
Nicolas IV de Villeroy was a Secretary of State in the Kingdom of France. Minister and Secretary of State under the Valois Kings Charles IX, Henri III and the Bourbon Kings Henri IV, Louis XIII Owner of the Hotel de Villeroy until his death in 1617
Nicolas IV was born in Paris in 1542.
