Jean V of Parthenay
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Jean V de Parthenay-L'Archevêque, or Larchevêque, Sieur de Soubise, was a Protestant French nobleman, last lord of Mouchamps, from the Parthenay-l'Archevêque family. His father, Jean IV de Parthenay,
Jean Clouet, Portrait of Renée de France duchesse de Chartres et de Ferrare (1510-1575), to whom Jean V's mother was a lady-in-waiting, c. 1520, Musée Condé
Château du Parc-Soubise was rebuilt in 1771 and has burnt down since then.
Catherine de Parthenay, duchesse de Rohan, Musée Rochelais d'Histoire Protestante
Sébastien Leclerc, Siege of Metz (1552) by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Bibliothèque nationale de France
On 24 February 1563, François, Duke of Guise was assassinated by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot during the Siege of Orléans. His death represents a critical turning point in the French Wars of Religion.
![Assassination of the Duke of Guise, engraved by Jacque Tortorel and Jean Perrissin [fr] in 1570](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Assassinat_du_duc_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Guise%2C_18_f%C3%A9vrier_1563.jpg/500px-Assassinat_du_duc_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Guise%2C_18_f%C3%A9vrier_1563.jpg)
Assassination of the Duke of Guise, engraved by Jacque Tortorel and Jean Perrissin [fr] in 1570
A portrait of the Duke of Guise by François Clouet