biography
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Coligny, Gaspard II de, seigneur de (Lord of) Châtillon
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pronunciation:
[koleenyee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1519–72)
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| biography:
| Huguenot leader, born in Châtillon-sur-Loing, C France. He fought in the wars of Francis I and Henry II, and in 1552 was made Admiral of France. In 1557 he became a Protestant, and commanded the Huguenots during the second and third Wars of Religion. Catherine de' Medici made him one of the first victims in the St Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris. |
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