Gaspard de coligny biography of albert

  • Full text of "Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France".
  • Charles de Coligny (1564–1632 [1]) was a member of the House of Coligny.
  • Gaspar (1516-72), the central figure in this portrait, served as Admiral of France and was killed in the massacre of St Bartholomew.
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    Print, portrait group of 3 men, full-length.

    Object details

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    Object type
    TitleOdet 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.

    Dimensions
    • Height: 9.5in (cut)
    • Width: 8in (cut)
    Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
    Marks and inscriptions

    'Collignei Fratres Odetus Cardinalis Gaspar thalassiarchus Franciscus Ordinum pedestrium praefectus.'

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    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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  • gaspard de coligny biography of albert
  • 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

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    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