Imbert de La Plâtière
Imbert de La Platière, lord of Bourdillon, was a French army officer and Marshal of France in 1564.Biography
Member of the Famille de La Platière, native of the region Nivernais, Imbert de la Platière, Lord of Bourdillon, Frasnay, Montigny-lès-Cherlieu, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Aubin and Époisses, born in 1516,is the son of Philippe de la Platière, lord of the Bordes and Catherine de La Fayette. He is the nephew of Imbert de la Platière, Bishop of Nevers.He participated in King Francis I of France's military campaigns in Champagne and Italy. He was at the Battle of Ceresole in 1544.
He became bailli of Auxois in 1545, Maréchal de camp in 1552, Lieutenant general in charge of the government of Champagne and Brie. He was at the relief of Thionville in 1558.
Lieutenant général in Piedmont and governor of the Marquisate of Saluzzo he returned to France and on December, 22 1562le 22 décembre 1562, the Queen of France Catherine of Médicis gave him the dignity of Marshal of France.
He died at Fontainebleau on April, 4 1567. He had no children and his niece Françoise de la Platière became his heiress
