Antoine Scipion de Joyeuse

French noble

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Antoine Scipion de Joyeuse was a French noble and a leader of Catholic extremists during the 16th-century Wars of Religion. He was the third brother of Anne, duc de Joyeuse, a favorite of King Henry III. After his brother Anne's death in battle, Antoine Scipion took over leadership of the Catholic faction in Languedoc. He campaigned for several years with Spanish support but was defeated and drowned in the Tarn River in 1592 after the Battle of Villemur.1

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…death to his third brother, Antoine Scipion, who campaigned for some years with Spanish help but was drowned in the Tarn after defeat at Villemur in 1592. Thereupon his brother Henri (1567–1608), who had at first been known as the comte de Bouchage but had become a Capuchin friar under…
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…death to his third brother, Antoine Scipion, who campaigned for some years with Spanish help but was drowned in the Tarn after defeat at Villemur in 1592. Thereupon his brother Henri (1567–1608), who had at first been known as the comte de Bouchage but had become a Capuchin friar under…
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