The siege of Orléans was the final key military engagement of the first French War of Religion. Having lost the Battle of Dreux the rebel Huguenots fell...

leader during the Italian War of 1551–1559 and French Wars of Religion, he was assassinated during the siege of Orleans in 1563. Born in Bar-le-Duc (Lorraine)...

The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562 – 19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion. The war began when in response...

Livonian War Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563) Siege of Orleans (1563) – French Wars of Religion Sieges of Oran and Mers El Kébir (1563) Capture of Älvsborg...

On 24 February 1563, François, Duke of Guise was assassinated by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot during the Siege of Orléans. His death represents a critical...

French Wars of Religion (European wars of religion) Siege of Orléans (1563) – 1563 – French Wars of Religion (European wars of religion) Siege of Valenciennes...

Year 1563 (MDLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 2 (January 2, 1562 O.S....

who accused the Admiral of having ordered the assassination of his father Francis of Guise during the siege of Orléans in 1563. During the peace settlement...

The siege of La Rochelle (French: le siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes le grand siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal forces...

In February 1563, at the Siege of Orléans, Guise was shot and killed by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot de Méré. As he was killed outside of direct combat...

of Religion. Duke Francis helped to defeat the Huguenots at the Battle of Dreux (19 December 1562), but he was assassinated at the Siege of Orleans on...

at last assembled, it marched on Orléans, seeking to pin Condé's forces in the city. Condé, eager to avoid a siege, dispersed his forces into the surrounding...

September, the Royal Army made the decision to bypass Orléans and begin a second siege of Rouen, aware of the recently signed Treaty with Elizabeth and desiring...

February 1563, at the Siege of Orléans, Francis, Duke of Guise, was shot and killed by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot de Méré. As he was killed outside of direct...

the year 1563 in France Monarch – Charles IX February 18 – Francis, Duke of Guise, is assassinated while besieging Orléans March 19 – Edict of Amboise...

and achieve total victory by taking Orléans. The assassination of Guise in February 1563 during the siege of Orleans removed a major obstacle to a negotiated...

were tied down sieging Le Havre. Soon though peace, negotiated by the captive Condé and Montmorency was declared. As the siege of Orléans reached its climax...

The siege of Poitiers was a siege of the French city of Poitiers in summer 1569 as part of the French Wars of Religion. By that time the city was a Catholic...

Beaugency L'Epine Orléans The siege of Chartres (28 February – 15 March 1568) was a key event of the second French Wars of Religion. The siege saw the Huguenot...

The siege of Paris (7 May – 30 August 1590) took place during the French Wars of Religion when the French Royal Army under Henry of Navarre, and supported...

de Sénarpont (1500–1563) was a French noble, governor and military commander during the Italian Wars and the early French Wars of Religion. Beginning...

Paris Bourges Orléans Rouen Lyon Bordeaux Troyes Toulouse In traditional scholarship, the provincial massacres were assumed to be part of a centrally planned...

took part in the sieges of Bourges and Rouen (1562).[citation needed] Upon the assassination of the Duke of Guise at the siege of Orléans, a new governor...

called Poltrot de Méré fired an arquebus into the back of the Duke of Guise, at the siege of Orléans. The murder triggered an aristocratic blood feud that...

of the American colonies. Most notably, Spanish forces attacked British positions in the south and captured West Florida from Britain in the siege of...

The siege of Sancerre (1572–1573) was a siege of the fortified hilltop city of Sancerre in central France during the Wars of Religion where the Huguenot...

The siege of Doullens, also known as the Spanish capture of Doullens or the Storming of Doullens, took place between 14 and 31 July 1595, as part of the...

1792 he took his seat in the high national court at Orléans. Later in that year, on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Barras became commissioner...

inherited his fathers' position of Grand Chambellan in 1563 upon his death. He fought at the siege of Poitiers for the crown in 1569, and crusaded against...

Montpensier. Francis, Duke of Guise was assassinated on 24 February 1563 by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot during the Siege of Orléans. Poltrot was captured...