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Gaspard II de Coligny, Comte
de Coligny et Chatillon sur Loing, (1516-1572)
Born 16 February 1516 Chatillon sur Loing
Died 24 August 1572 Paris (murdered)
Buried Chateau de Chantilly
Married (1) 1547
Charlotte de Laval-Montfort,
daughter of Guy XV, Comte de Laval, de Montfort et de St.Quintin
and Antoinette de Daillon-Lude
Died 3 March 1568
Married (2) Jacqueline de Montbel, Comtesse d'Entremonts
Died 1588
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Fighting in the wars of King Francois I and King Henri II, he was made
Admiral of France in 1552. In 1557 he became a Protestant and commanded
the Huguenots during the second and third Wars of Religion. In the infamous
St. Bartholomew's massacre he was one of the first victims of Queen Catherine
de' Medici, being murdered together with many Huguenots, which did irreparable
damage to the Protestant cause in France.
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