Editing Bayonne (section)

===List of mayors under the Ancient Régime===
The [[Duke of Gramont|Gramont family]] provided captains and governors in Bayonne from 1472 to 1789 as well as mayors, a post which became hereditary from 28 January 1590 by concession of [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] to Antoine II of Gramont. From the 15th century, they resided in the Château Neuf then in the Château-Vieux from the end of the 16th century:<ref name="Bayonne">Olivier Ribeton, ''A Gramont Museum at Bayonne'', Publication of the Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Bayonne, Bayonne, 1986 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref><ref group="Note">The Château-Neuf was completed in 1507 by Roger de Gramont.</ref>

*'''Roger de Gramont''', (1444–1519), Lord of Gramont, Baron of Haux, Seneschal of Guyenne, hereditary mayor of Bayonne. He was an advisor and chamberlain of [[Louis XI]] in 1472 and then [[Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII]] in 1483. He was Ambassador for [[Louis XII]] in [[Rome]] in 1502. He became governor of Bayonne and its castles on 26 February 1487. He died of the plague in 1519.<ref name="Bayonne" />
*'''Jean II de Gramont''', Lord of Gramont, mayor and captain of Bayonne from 18 March 1523. On 15 September 1523, as a lieutenant in the company of [[Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec|Marshal Lautrec]], he rescued Bayonne from the siege by the forces of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] under the command of the [[Prince of Orange]]. He died during the wars in Italy;<ref name="Bayonne" />
*'''Antoine I of Gramont''', born in 1526, he was appointed at the age of nine years (1535) as mayor and captain of Bayonne. In 1571, he charged Louis de Foix with the changes to the mouth of the Adour along the fortifications of the city;
*'''Antoine II de Gramont''' (1572–1644), Count of Gramont, Guiche and Toulonjon, Viscount then Count of Louvigny, ruler of Bidache, Viscount of Aster, lord then baron of Lescun. He was a ''Duke de Brevet'' in 1643, but unverified by Parliament. On 28 January 1590, [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] granted him and his descendants the perpetual office of Mayor of Bayonne. He then became the Viceroy of Navarre. In 1595, Antoine II de Gramont charged Jean Errard (1599) then Louis de Millet (1612) to strengthen the defenses of the city;
*'''[[Antoine III de Gramont|Antoine III of Gramont-Touloujon]]''' (1604–1678), Count and then, in 1648, Duke of Gramont, Prince of Bidache, Count of Guiche, Toulonjon, and Louvigny, Viscount of Astern, Baron of Andouins and Hagetmau, and lord of Lesparre, peer of France in 1648, [[Marshal of France]] in 1641. As Ambassador of [[Louis XIV]], in 1660 he sought the hand of the [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Infanta Maria Theresa]]. The king gave him power of attorney to represent him in the marriage which was celebrated in Madrid. It was he who welcomed Louis XIV, [[Anne of Austria]], [[Cardinal Mazarin|Mazarin]], and the rest of the Court to Bayonne. He died on 12 July 1678 at the Château-Vieux;<ref name="Bayonne" />
*'''[[Antoine Charles IV de Gramont|Antoine Charles IV of Gramont]]''' (1641–1720), Duke of Gramont, Prince of Bidache, Count of Guiche and Louvigny, Viscount of Aster, Baron of Andouins and Hagetmau, Lord of Lesparre, peer of France, Viceroy of Navarre. In 1689, he continued the fortification works undertaken by [[Vauban]] in Bayonne, where he remained from 1706 to 1712. He supported [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] during the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], using Bayonne to supply his troops, weapons, reinforcements and subsidies. In retaliation, the opponents of Philip V organized two attacks in 1707: one at Château-Vieux leaving Antoine IV unharmed.<ref name="Bayonne" />