François de La Noue: Quick Facts

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Born	1531 • Nantes • France
Died	August 4, 1591 (aged 60) • France
Role In	Wars of Religion

Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.

Henry IV

king of France

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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Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé

French military leader

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Henri I de Bourbon, 2 prince de Condé

French prince

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François de Bonne, duke de Lesdiguières

French constable

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Charles de Bourbon, count de Soissons

French count and soldier

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François de Lorraine, 2 duc de Guise

French noble

Anne, Duke de Montmorency, drawing by the school of Clouet, c. 1560; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

Anne, duke de Montmorency

French noble

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Philippe de Mornay, seigneur du Plessis-Marly

French diplomat

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Henri, duke de Rohan

French duke

Monluc, engraving

Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Monluc

French soldier

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François de Beaumont, baron des Adrets

French military leader

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Charles de Gontaut, baron and duke de Biron

French baron and duke

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Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron

French military leader

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Jacques de Savoie, duke de Nemours

French duke

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Benjamin de Rohan, seigneur de Soubise

French Huguenot leader

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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi

French military commander

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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