Editing Michel de l'Hôpital (section)

==Reign of Henri II==
===Anne d'Este===
In 1548 he was in [[Ferrara]], where he assisted [[Anne d'Este]] in her renunciation of the [[House of Este|Este]] inheritance that was a precondition for her marriage to [[Francis, Duke of Guise|the duke of Guise]]. He accompanied her on her journey back to France to meet her new husband.{{sfn|Durot|2012|p=261}}

During the 1550s, L'Hôpital served as chancellor to the duchess of Savoy, [[Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry|Marguerite]], sister to Henri II.{{sfn|Roelker|1968|p=156}} Marguerite was sympathetic to Protestantism, and allowed L'Hôpital to obtain a chair of jurisprudence for [[François Hotman]], a virulent Protestant polemicist.{{sfn|Salmon|1975|p=121}} In gratitude to the chancellor, Hotman dedicated his work [[Anti-Tribonian]] to L'Hôpital.{{sfn|Roelker|1996|p=313}}

===Lorraine===
In 1553 he entered the service of the Cardinal of Lorraine, serving them as a voracious polemicist and was rewarded by the family with the post of ''maître des requêtes'' for the ''hôtel du roi''.{{sfn|Durot|2012|p=261}} He denounced those who characterised the house of Lorraine as 'foreigners', arguing that France rightfully extended to the Rhine. He called his benefactor, Lorraine, the 'hope of the French race'.{{sfn|Carroll|2011|p=133}} He further praised the valour of [[Francis, Duke of Guise|the duke of Guise]].{{sfn|Roelker|1996|p=240}} The following year, [[Philippe Hurault de Cheverny|Cheverny]], future chancellor of France, purchased his councillor seat on the Paris ''Parlement''.{{sfn|Salmon|1975|p=104}}

===Chambre des comptes===
He took up the position of president of the ''chambres des comptes'' in 1554, this granted him experience with the kingdoms financial administration, and also a place in the ''conseil privé''.{{sfn|Thompson|1909|p=43}} In 1558 in his capacity at the ''chambres des comptes'' he offered a panegyric at the wedding of the dauphin [[François II of France|François II]] to [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] in which he boasted that the marriage would subdue England without the need for a war or violence.{{sfn|Carroll|2011|p=83}}

While much of the French military aristocracy was disgusted by the [[Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis]], which brought the [[Italian Wars]] to a close, L'Hôpital praised the treaty, writing a 'carmen de pax' in support of it.{{sfn|Baumgartner|1988|p=228}} While an opponent of the war he had found it necessary to balance this with support for his patrons the Guise, as demonstrated in the poem he composed celebrating the duke of Guise's expedition into Italy in 1557.{{sfn|Durot|2012|p=386}} He wrote further poems in celebration of Guise's capture of Calais in 1558.{{sfn|Durot|2012|p=405}}