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    Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (French pronunciation: [ɡaspaʁ də kɔliɲi]; 16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), was a French nobleman, Admiral...
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    William the Silent. She was the daughter of Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon by his first wife, Charlotte de Laval. Louise was born at Châtillon-sur-Loing...
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  • Gaspard de Coligny may refer to: Gaspard I de Coligny (c. 1465 - 1522) Gaspard II de Coligny (1519 – 1572) Gaspard III de Coligny (1584 – 1646) Gaspard...
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  • Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny François de Coligny (1557–1591), Protestant general during the Wars of Religion Gaspard III...
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  • Charles de Coligny (1564–1632) was a member of the House of Coligny. The youngest of the three children of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval...
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    William II (Dutch: Willem II; 27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel...
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  • April 1557 at Châtillon-Coligny. He was the son of Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572) and, his first wife, Charlotte de Laval (1530–1568). From...
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    Gaspard I de Coligny, Count of Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (1465/1470–1522), known as the Marshal of Châtillon, was a French soldier. He was born in...
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    bishop of Beauvais Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572), Lord of Châtillon, admiral of France and Protestant leader François de Coligny d'Andelot (1521–1569)...
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    Gaspard III de Coligny, duc de Châtillon, (26 July 1584 – 4 January 1646) was a French Huguenot, who served under Louis XIII, and was appointed Marshal...
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  • Jeanne d'Albret, (d. 1572), Jeanne's husband Antoine de Bourbon (d. 1562), and Gaspard II de Coligny (d. 1572), admiral of France. Their patronage encouraged...
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    the Apostle, two days after the attempted assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the military and political leader of the Huguenots. King Charles...
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  • de Curosot" was said to be a Huguenot sponsor of the poet. It has been suggested that she was Charlotte de Laval, the wife of Gaspard II de Coligny....
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  • Louise and the Brézés were considered the inferiors to the Guises. Gaspard II de Coligny tried to dissuade the Guises from the match, stating that "it was...
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    of Religion (1568–1570). Under the tutelage of Huguenot leader Gaspard II de Coligny, he witnessed the battles of Jarnac, La Roche-l'Abeille, and Moncontour...
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    de Coligny (18 April 1521 – 27 May 1569) was one of the leaders of French Protestantism during the French Wars of Religion. The son of Gaspard I de Coligny...
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    of the duke of Guise, a murder they blamed on Anne de Montmorency's nephew Gaspard II de Coligny. During the third civil war he commanded the rear-guard...
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    moved into Poitou and when the main Protestant army under Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny moved to besiege Poitiers, Lude vigorously defended the town in...
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    Protestant leader Gaspard II de Coligny over the portal . The central sculpture over the portal represents the Protestant leader Gaspard II de Coligny, who was...
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  • Maréchal de Châtillon may refer to: Gaspard I de Coligny (c. 1465 - 1522) Gaspard II de Coligny (1519 – 1572) Gaspard III de Coligny (1584 – 1646) Maréchal...
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    Catholic patrons, entering the service of the seigneur de Mouy a lieutenant of Gaspard II de Coligny. Mouy was a member of the powerful Raguier family, one...
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    Admiral Coligny. The popular unrest caused by the assassination, coupled with the resistance by the city of Orléans to the siege, led Catherine de' Medici...
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    University Press, 1829): Volume I, Volume I, Part II, Volume II, Volume II, Part II, Volume III Volume III, Part II Ecclesiastical Memorials, Relating Chiefly...
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    possessions. The Duke of Guise inquired of Gaspard II de Coligny as to his opinions on the marriage, Coligny replied that he felt Aumale had debased himself...
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    Maître de France in 1563.: 170  The Guise family and Guise (as he will henceforth be referred to) craved vengeance against Gaspard II de Coligny, whom...
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    important role in the early French Wars of Religion. Gaspard de Coligny, Odet de Coligny and François de Coligny all converted to Protestantism and led the movement...
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    Huguenot leader Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny, in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572.[citation needed] The beginning of the Rue de Rivoli, from its intersection...
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  • Seigneur de Châtillon can refer to: Gaspard I de Coligny (1465/1470 – 1522) Gaspard II de Coligny (1519 – 1572) Gaspard III de Coligny (1584 – 1646) This...
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  • Quelennec fought to defend Gaspard II de Coligny, but he died during the night. Pathenay became a widow at the age of 18. Charles de Quelennec was the baron...
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    making him marshal of France on 30 November 1571. After the death of Gaspard II de Coligny during the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew he again took possession...
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