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  1. Condé was released from his captivity 15 days after the death of Francis II, on 20 December 1560. [20] Navarre argued virulently on his behalf in council, making coded implications that revolt would break out if his brother was not restored to favour. [21]

  2. May 1, 2024 · What happened to Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé? Condé broke his leg while falling from his horse in the Battle of Jarnac. He surrendered and was shot in the head by an officer of the Duke of Anjou who paraded Condé's body on a donkey.

    • A Member of A Prestigious Dynasty
    • His Debut as A Military Commander
    • An Ambiguous Role in The Conspiracy of Amboise
    • The Predominant Role of Condé During The First War of Religion
    • A War For Nothing: The Second War of Religion
    • The Third War of Religion Until The Death of Condé

    The 1st Prince of Condé, Louis de Bourbon, was born in Vendôme in 1530. He was the youngest son of Charles IV de Bourbon descending from Louis IX (Saint Louis) and Françoise d’Alençon. Louis de Condé, the brother of Antoine de Bourbon (1518-1562), and the founder of the House of Condé was the first to be called Prince. He was an orphan and he grew ...

    Between 1552 and 1558, under Henri II’s reign, Louis de Condé acquired a solid reputation as a military commander. He took part in military action against Charles V, then after 1556 against Spain after Charles V’s abdication in favour of his son Philippe II. Condé successively fought in Piedmont, possession of the Duke of Savoie, then in Lorraine a...

    In 1559, upon Henri II’s death, Catherine di Medici was regentto the young King Francis II. But he was influenced by the de Guise, uncles of Queen Mary Stuart, whom he married in 1558. In March 1560 some Protestants started scheming to kidnap the king. But the plot failed. Louis de Condé, compromisedin the scheme, disavowed the conjurers and had to...

    In 1562 the massacre in Wassy by Duke François de Guise marked the beginning of the Wars of Religion for the Protestants. Louis de Condé called the Protestants to take up arms and denounced those who disobeyed the edicts of pacification and arguing to ‘protect the king from his entourage while he was minor under the queen mother’s rule’. He conquer...

    The growing influence of the Cardinal of Lorraine, and brother of François de Guise, on young King Charles IX prompted Condé and Coligny to leave the court and take up arms again as early as the Autumn of 1567. Louis de Condé tried to abduct the king; Charles IX was warned, foiled the attempt and went back to Paris protected by the Swiss guards. Th...

    Peace did not last as the King revoked the Edict of Longjumeau with the rulings of Saint-Maur in September 1568. Louis de Condé withdrew to Burgundy. As he felt threatened by Royal troops he joined Gaspard de Coligny in La Rochelle on 19 September. On 13 March 1659 in Jarnac (in the Charentes region), the Royal army led by the Duke of Anjou (Henri ...

  3. The European Reformation. The Reformation is the name given to the split between Catholics and those who followed the ideas of Protestant reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin....

  4. This unfortunate consequence resulted in the Guise family's organizing a Holy Catholic League, backed by money and troops from King Philip II of Spain, to pressure the king to disavow Navarre, who, despite his legitimacy as heir by birth, was rendered illegitimate because of his religion.

  5. In 1585, the Catholic League, gathered around Henry, Duke of Guise, imposed the Edict of Union on Henry III (1574-1589): Henry of Navarre – the legal heir to the throne, but a Huguenot – was excluded from the royal line of succession, and Catholicism’s monopoly was reestablished in the kingdom.

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  7. Apr 9, 2019 · The House of Trastamara saw only two monarchs, and the succeeding House of Foix saw only two as well before Upper Navarre (Navarre on the Spanish side) was conquered by Aragon. With only Lower Navarre (the French side) left, Navarre was ruled by the House of d'Albret, a two-ruler house that boasted Navarre's most impressive Queen Regnant ...

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