Jehan Piochet de Salins

Jehan de Piochet de Salins, lord of Mérandes, of Pugnet, of Salins, of Villeneuve, of Monterminod, of Salins, formed, with Claude and Jean-Gaspard de Lambert, Philibert de Pignon, Amédeée du Coudray that group of young enthusiasts of "nouvelle poésie" referring to Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529ca.-1586). After studying in Avignon, he went to Padua and after returned to Savoy; he held the position of "enseigne colonelle" of Chambéry.