Jean de Ferrières
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Jean de Ferrières, Vidame de Chartres, Seigneur de Maligny, was an influential Huguenot in the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century. He died a prisoner in a galley, unable to pay his ransom, an
Depiction of one of the Vidame's residences, the Château de la Ferté Vidame, before 1750
Depiction of Peace of Amboise, 1563
De Ferrières' associate in the French Wars of Religion, the Prince de Condé
La Ferté-Vidame
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La Ferté-Vidame is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.
Jean de Ferrières
…Germain, Ferrières was able to return to Paris. After some of his servants were attacked there, he went to Boubige in Poitou. In February 1572 he was at La Ferté, but shortly thereafter returned to Paris, where he remained in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, mistrusting the King's promises for the safety of the…
The ruins of the Château de la Ferté-Vidame in 2005
Chartres Cathedral