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Print, portrait group of 3 men, full-length.
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| Object type | |
| Title | Odet de Coligny, Gaspard II de Coligny and François de Coligny (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | Print, portrait group of Odet de Coligny, Gaspard II de Coligny and François de Coligny, engraved by Marc Duval possibly after Frans Pourbus, 1579. |
| Physical description | Print, portrait group of 3 men, full-length. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Collignei Fratres Odetus Cardinalis Gaspar thalassiarchus Franciscus Ordinum pedestrium praefectus.' |
| Credit line | Given by Edgar Seligman |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.4464-1960 |
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The Leeuwarden Series
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Charles de Coligny
Charles de Coligny (1564–1632[1]) was a member of the House of Coligny. The youngest of the three children of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval, he became marquis of Coligny-le-Vieux, Andelot and Saint-Bris, baron of Lanty and lord of Dinteville, Dannemarie, Auxon and Cusey. He was the only one of Gaspard and Charlotte's children to be baptized a Protestant and the only one to convert to Roman Catholicism.
Life
[edit]He was captured after the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre and imprisoned in Marseille until freed in May 1576. He then fought for the King of Navarre alongside his brother in the Rouerge and Languedoc. In August 1577 he and his brother recaptured the town of Mauguio and Charles was left behind to garrison it. In June 1585 he raised an infantry regiment and led it on campaign in Languedoc until 1587 as part of the duke of Montmorency's force. He fought alongside Lesdiguières in summer 1587 in the Dauphiné, Savoy and Vivarais.
He was captured again in July 1590 during the siege of Paris, before switching to the Catholic League and converting to Roman Catholicism. He based himself in Lyon and was imprisoned for a time at Pierre Scize on the orders of the duke of Nemours in 1593. In 1596 he became a gentleman in ordina