Charles de Solier, comte de Morette

Charles de Solier
Comte de Morette
Born1480
Asti, Piedmont
Died1 February 1552(1552-02-01) (aged 71–72)
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours
BuriedÉglise Saint-Grégoire des Minimes, Tours
47°23′33″N 0°41′24″E / 47.3925°N 0.69°E / 47.3925; 0.69
Noble familySolier
Spouse(s)Silvie de Pont
Lucie Valles
IssueFrançois de Solier, comte de Morette
Charles de Solier
Jacques de Solier
Marie de Solier
FatherAubertin de Solier, comte de Morette

Charles de Solier, comte de Morette (1480 – 1 February 1552), the son of Aubertin de Solier, comte de Morette (1465–1545), was a French soldier and diplomat as well as a long-serving gentilhomme de la chambre to Francis I.[1] He acted as ambassador to England on a number of occasions from October 1526 to June 1535.[2][3] Morette was in London in 1534 when Henry VIII was attempting to win French support for his repudiation of Catherine of Aragon, in an alliance against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Around this time, his portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger.[4] He was succeeded as ambassador by Antoine de Castelnau, Bishop of Tarbes.[5]