Jean de Morvillier
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Jean de Morvillier, bishop of Orléans was a French noble, prelate, diplomat and de facto chancellor during the latter Italian Wars and early French Wars of Religion. Born into a prominent robe noble f
Engraving of Morvillier
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