Henry of Mayenne or Henry of Lorraine, was a French noble from the House of Lorraine and more particularly from the House of Guise.
Portrait by Pierre Daret, 1652
Siege of Montauban
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The siege of Montauban was a siege conducted by the young French king Louis XIII from August to November 1621, against the Protestant stronghold of Montauban. This siege followed the siege of Saint-Je
Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
…Mayenne in Paris. He was also Grand Chamberlain of France. He was present at the coronation of King Louis XIII. In 1621, he was killed at the failed Siege of Montauban by a musket shot in the eye. He was buried in the church of Aiguillon. He had married in Soissons in February 1599 with Henriette de Nevers (1571–1601…
Louis XIII besieging the Huguenot city of Montauban in 1621.