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Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
Michel de L'Hospital, detail of a portrait by an unknown French artist, 1566; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France.
Michel de L’Hospital
French statesman and lawyer
Gaspard II de Coligny
Gaspard II de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon
French admiral and Huguenot leader
Aubigné, detail of an oil painting by Bartholomaus Sarburgh, 1622; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switz.
Théodore-Agrippa d’ Aubigné
French soldier and author
Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
French military leader
Henri, duke de Rohan
French duke
Henri I de Bourbon, 2 prince de Condé
French prince
François de La Noue
Huguenot leader
François de Bonne, duke de Lesdiguières
French constable
Charles de Bourbon, count de Soissons
French count and soldier
Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de Soubise
French Huguenot leader

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