Anne, duc de Joyeuse: Quick Facts

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Born	1561 • Joyeuse • France
Died	October 20, 1587 (aged 26) • France
Title / Office	governor (1586-1587), Normandy

Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.

Henry IV

king of France

Philip II.

Philip II

king of France

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William FitzOsbern, 1st earl of Hereford

French noble

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

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Philippe de Mornay, seigneur du Plessis-Marly

French diplomat

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Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé

French military leader

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Henri, duke de Rohan

French duke

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Henri I de Bourbon, 2 prince de Condé

French prince

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Jean Calas

Huguenot merchant

Ancillon, Charles

Charles Ancillon

French lawyer, educator, and historian

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Paul Rabaut

Huguenot leader

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François de La Noue

Huguenot leader

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François de Bonne, duke de Lesdiguières

French constable

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Loys Bourgeois

French composer

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Louis Cappel

French theologian

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Charles de Bourbon, count de Soissons

French count and soldier

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Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de Soubise

French Huguenot leader

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Peter Chamberlen, the Elder

French surgeon