Parlement of Aix declared itself in support of Carcès and several towns defected to the count. Suze became governor of Provence on 1 June 1578, succeeding one of Catherine's favourites, Retz in the position. Retz had resigned the governorship on the understanding it would be given to him, this practice was becoming increasingly controversial in the 1570s, and had been protested against at the recent Estates General. Alongside the position of governor he also acquired that of Admiral of the Levant. The troubles of the Razats, in combination with other disorders which were affecting the other southern provinces, ravaged by decades of civil war, came to the attention of the court. The king dispatched his mother Catherine south in 1578, and she visited Guyenne, Dauphiné and Provence. While in Provence in May, Suze offered his resignation to the queen mother. She oversaw the appointment of a new governor for Provence, who would be better able to control the factions of the region. As such after serving in the role for only a year, Suze ceded the position of governor to the bastard Angoulême, an illegitimate brother of king Charles. Saint-Esprit In 1578, Henri III established a new order to replace the Ordre du Saint-Michel, which had become diluted in prestige by the expansions made in the late 1560s. To this end he established the Ordre du Saint-Esprit. Suze would be a recipient of this new honour. In 1582 he provided financial support to François d'O, after the former favourite had been removed from access to royal patronage, loaning d'O 12,000 livres. Death Suze died during the eighth war of religion, of wounds he received at the siege of Montélimar in 1587. He would be succeeded to his titles by his eldest surviving son Rostaing de La Baume. Sources References 1526 births 1587 deaths French people of the French Wars of Religion