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
This popular print by Frans Hogenberg shows the attempted assassination of Coligny on 22 August on the left, and his murder on 24 August on the right
Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the leader of the Huguenots
Assassination of François, Duke of Guise on 18 February 1563
Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois
Claude, Duke of Aumale
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Claude II de Lorraine, duc d'Aumale was a Prince étranger, military commander and French governor, during the latter Italian Wars and the early French Wars of Religion. The son of the first Duke of Gu
Seventeenth Century Portrait of the duke
Claude, Duke of Aumale