Gaspard II de Coligny
French nobleman and admiral and Huguenot leader (1519–1572)
- Fame55.4
- Momentum1.1
- France rank#123
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- Fame55.4
- Momentum1.1
- France rank#123
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Lived 1519–1572, aged 53France
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A Protestant admiral in Catholic France who survived two civil wars only to be murdered in his bed at the opening hour of the St Bartholomew's Day massacre — the kill order signed by the son of the man whose father Coligny was accused of having killed.
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Gaspard de Coligny was born into French nobility in 1519 and rose through military service under Francis I and Henry II during the Italian Wars, his prominence lifted by skill and by blood — his uncle Anne de Montmorency was the king's favourite. He converted to Protestantism under Francis II and became a leading noble voice for the Reformation as Charles IX took the throne. When civil war broke out in 1562 he joined the Huguenot cause, serving as lieutenant to Louis, Prince of Condé through the first two wars, then assuming command after Condé's death in the third. In 1563 the assassin of Cat…
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