Imbert de Batarnay, Seigneur du Bouchage (1438? – 1523), French statesman, was born of an old but obscure family in Dauphiné, about the year 1438. In consequence...

part of the Indre-et-Loire department in France. Founded in 1521 by Imbert de Batarnay, Lord of Montrésor, as a family burial place and devoted to St. John...

In 1493, Imbert de Batarnay bought Montrésor to build an elegant residence in the feudal enclosure, of which only the main wing remains. Imbert was an influential...

in the government of Languedoc. He married Marie de Batarnay, great-granddaughter of Imbert de Batarnay, mother of Anne, first Duke of Joyeuse and his brothers...