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Born October 12, 1531 • France
Died June 15, 1585 (aged 53) • Annecy • France
Role In Wars of Religion
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France
François de Lorraine, 2 duc de Guise
French noble
Gaspard II de Coligny
Gaspard II de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon
French admiral and Huguenot leader
Anne, Duke de Montmorency, drawing by the school of Clouet, c. 1560; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
Anne, duke de Montmorency
French noble
Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
French military leader
Monluc, engraving
Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Monluc
French soldier
Henri I de Bourbon, 2 prince de Condé
French prince
François de Beaumont, baron des Adrets
French military leader
Charles de Gontaut, baron and duke de Biron
French baron and duke
François de Bonne, duke de Lesdiguières
French constable
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
French military leader
Charles de Bourbon, count de Soissons
French count and soldier
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Francis I
Francis I
king of France
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
French military leader