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    his uncle, the king's favourite Anne de Montmorency. During the reign of Francis II he converted to Protestantism, becoming a leading noble advocate for...
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    took Jarnac (formerly a member of the duchesse d'Étampes' party during the reign of François) under his wing. Jarnac's second would be Claude de Boisy...
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    1559–1562 French political crisis (category History of Protestantism in France)
    Catholics. In La Rochelle, where Protestantism was dominant, the governor of the pays d'Aunis the seigneur de Jarnac who held authority over the city...
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    First French War of Religion (1562–1563) (category History of Protestantism in France)
    the Protestant rebels (led by Condé and admiral Coligny) and the royal (largely Catholic) party led by queen Catherine, the king of Navarre, duc de Guise...
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    the French Wars of Religion until the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin, known as Huguenots, had been...
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    1799, all churches were reopened for worship, and Protestant worship was officially permitted in Jarnac, serving as the ecclesiastical headquarters for...
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    "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024. Google Maps History of Cognac, Jarnac and...
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    opponents of Protestantism, the priest and provost, who urged him to act and disperse the assembly. Heading out towards the meeting house he sent de la Brosse...
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    sieges of Protestant cities such as the siege of Sancerre. The conflict ended with the 1573 Peace of La Rochelle, which restricted the Protestant worship...
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    Fontainebleau and reviewed petitions presented by Gaspard II de Coligny, "in which Protestants demanded temples." These requests were referred to a commission of...
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    against the rebels. The Protestant rebels suffered a heavy blow with the death of their commander Condé during a skirmish at Jarnac, however more German...
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    House of Rohan (redirect from De Rohan)
    de Jarnac family, in 1645. Henri Chabot was created Duke of Rohan in 1648 by Louis XIV, and his descendants bear the name Rohan-Chabot. Marguerite de Rohan...
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    Edict of Saint-Germain (category Catherine de' Medici)
    the regent of France, Catherine de' Medici, in January 1562. The edict provided limited tolerance to the Protestant Huguenots in the Catholic realm,...
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  • Minutes. CBS News. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Pierre Jarnac, Les Mystères de Rennes-le-Château: Mèlange Sulfureux (CERT, 1994), Jacques Pradel...
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    ISBN 978-1-84354-675-7. Jarnac, Pierre (1985). Histoire du Trésor de Rennes-le-Château. Saleilles: P. Jarnac. Jarnac, Pierre (1988). Les Archives de Rennes-le-Château...
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  • Spanish forces under Cristóbal de Mondragón. Siege of La Rochelle November 1572 to July 1573 – Catholic troops besiege Protestant Huguenots. Negotiated settlement...
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    Edict of 19 April (category Anti-Protestantism)
    country. The aristocratic Protestants too were emboldened, and on 11 June presented a petition to the crown asking for temples to worship in, so that they...
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  • Bertha von Alvensleben (1859–1912), wife of German Protestant clergyman Friedrich Winfried Schubart [de] and grandmother of astronomer Joachim Schubart MPC ·...
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    assaults of the Protestants, who had burned all the surrounding mills but were unable to seize this one. It was also this mill that Mademoiselle de Montpensier...
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    scandalous discovery of Protestant services being held at the house of Michel Gaillard, with the duc de Longueville and Catherine de Medici's cousin in attendance...
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  • 1560s (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Italian and French territories. March 13 – Battle of Jarnac: Royalist troops under Marshal Gaspard de Tavannes surprise and defeat the Huguenots under the...
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    marshes. An order in 1681 to close Protestant temples (churches) opened the way for further persecution of Protestants. Solemn processions were held in...
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  • 1540s (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Knox and Protestant nobles surrender on July 31. July 10 – In France, a duel takes place at between Guy I de Chabot, the future Baron of Jarnac, and François...
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    Teriitaria II (category Protestant monarchs)
    dependency Moorea continued to be ruled under the French protectorate. The Jarnac Convention was also signed by France and Great Britain, in which the two...
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    Marans after a 4-day siege. It was then used as a place of safety for the Protestants. Between 1627 and 1628, during the Siege of La Rochelle, Louis XIII of...
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    Royan. Persecution against the Protestants, always a reality, dropped in intensity thanks to the protection of the Marquis de Sénecterre, Marshal of France...
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