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  1. Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), was a French nobleman, Admiral of France, and Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion.

  2. Born: Feb. 16, 1519, Châtillon-sur-Loing, Fr. Died: Aug. 24, 1572, Paris (aged 53) Role In: Wars of Religion. Gaspard II de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (born Feb. 16, 1519, Châtillon-sur-Loing, Fr.—died Aug. 24, 1572, Paris) was the admiral of France and leader of the Huguenots during the early years of the Wars of Religion (1562–98).

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  4. Jun 29, 2022 · Who was Admiral Coligny of France? Gaspard II de Coligny was Admiral of France during the early years of the French Wars of Religion. He was the first Protestant leader killed in St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre on 24 August 1572. Why was Admiral Coligny killed?

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  5. Charles de Coligny. Charles de Coligny (1564–1632 [1]) was a member of the House of Coligny. The youngest of the three children of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval, he became marquis of Coligny-le-Vieux, Andelot and Saint-Bris, baron of Lanty and lord of Dinteville, Dannemarie, Auxon and Cusey. He was the only one of Gaspard and ...

  6. COLIGNY FAMILY. The Coligny brothers were the among the most zealous and consistent aristocratic supporters of Protestantism in sixteenth-century France. Descended from a Burgundian lineage, they had an important landed base in Brittany and its marches. Gaspard de Coligny (1470 – 1522), seigneur of Ch â tillon, fought with distinction in the ...

  7. The assassination of Admiral Coligny on 24 August 1572 would prelude one of the critical events of the French Wars of Religion, the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew. The figures responsible for first the attempt on his life on 22 August and then his execution on 24 August have long been debated by historians. Coligny's feud with Henry I, Duke of ...

  8. However, after being made prisoner at the siege of Saint Quentin, he converted to the Reformation, then became one of the military commanders of the Protestant party, and fought against the Crown and the Guise. He was murdered during the Saint Bartholomew massacre in 1572.

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