Admiral Coligny Biography

The clan of Coligny can be traced until the XI century. During the reign of King Louis XI, his ancestors switched to the service of the King of France. The biography of the year was represented to the court of Francis I, where he soon made friends with the young Duke Francois de Giz. Already in the year, both of them escorted the king to war, and shortly after this Coligny entered the ranks of the army and immediately attracted attention with courage and talent, the ability to organize troops, keep soldiers in discipline and animate them.

In the year he was appointed general colonel of the French infantry, from the year the governor of Paris and Il de Franca, and from the year-Picardia. In the year he was appointed admiral of France. In the rank of admiral, he took part in the war with Lorragia, where he contributed a lot to the conquest of three bishoprices and the victory at Rent. The latter was the reason for his break, and then deep enmity with Francois de Giz, who wanted to attribute to himself the honor of this victory.

But Colini especially glorified himself in this war by the defense of Saint-Kanten, when he was captured by the Spaniards, he was transported to Gent, where he stayed for about two years. In October, Coligny was released from Spanish captivity and returned to France. In his homeland, he became one of the leaders of the Protestant movement, took an active part in religious wars.

In the year, at the congress of notables, he openly declared himself a Calvinist, giving the king a note on behalf of the reformates asking them to give them several churches for worship. In the year, during the first period of the religious wars, he was an assistant Konda, who was bossing the reformata troops, and after the battle of the DRED on December 19, when Conde was captured, the main authorities took over, hiding in Orleans.

Giz besieged the city, but soon died at the hands of the killer. After the death of GIZ, negotiations on the world began. In March, the leaders of the Huguenots and Catholics, through the mediation of Catherine Medici, concluded the ambuz world. But in the year, the Huguenots again took up the weapon and waged this war successfully, only thanks to the strategic art of Conde and Coligny, who quickly occupied all the environs of Paris and Saint-Deni.

In the year, in the battle of Zhanak, Konda was captured and killed. Together with Henry of Navarre, Coligny led the further struggle of the Guugenots. In June, they connected with German mercenaries in Vienna and besieged Poitiers. The desperate defense of the city, led by the sons of F. Giza Henry Giz and Charles Mayennsky, forced the Huguenots to retreat. By the spring of the year, Coligny gained a new army and moved to Paris.

Having broken the royal detachments in Burgundy, he went down the valley of Loire and began to threaten Orleans and Paris. Charles IX was forced to conclude the Saint-Germain world with him. In general, in all the religious wars of that time, Coligny took an active part, why he aroused the deep hatred of all Catholics and Gizov. Several times since the First Religious War was attacked by the killers, but remained unharmed until August 22.

By this time, Coligny got closer to Charles IX, who dreamed, with the help of an admiral, who enjoyed great respect for the reformats throughout Europe, to annex the Netherlands to France. In the year, Coligny became part of the Royal Council. Having become the closest adviser to Charles IX, he encouraged him to war with Catholic Spain that he considered the main enemy of France in an alliance with England.

Catherine Medici saw the king of the king with Coligny’s rapprochement for her power and decided to get rid of the admiral: on August 22, when he was traveling from the Louvre past the house belonging to the Gizam late in the window, the hired killer of the Morevel fired from the window; The bullet only hurt Coligny's hand; The wounded was taken home, and the killer managed to hide.

Finally, on Bartholomew’s night, Coligny died one of the first.

Family and children 1st wife: with Charlotte de Laval OK. There were 8 children, including: Louise de Coligny -; 1st husband-Karl de Telini Mind. Have one daughter: Beatrice de Coligny? The literature De la Ponneraye. Gaspard de Coligny. When writing this article, material from the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron - Wikimedia Foundation was used.