Gaspard de Coligny Biography and Timeline

Fontainebleau Petition

Coligny presents Protestant grievances at the Assembly of Notables

Role range: 1552-1572

Coligny Advocates Protestant Petitions

Admiral Coligny advanced calls for religious accommodation as Protestant political demands became harder for the monarchy to ignore.

Huguenot Influence

Coligny supports Protestant petitions during the regency government

Role range: 1552-1572

Huguenot Command

Coligny joins the Huguenot military leadership during the first war

Role range: 1562-1598 – 1552-1572

Defense of Orleans

Coligny supports the Huguenot defence of Orleans

Role range: 1562-1598 – 1552-1572

Retreat after Dreux

Coligny withdraws with surviving Huguenot forces after Dreux

Role range: 1562-1598 – 1552-1572

Huguenot Maneuver

Coligny maneuvers Huguenot cavalry before the Battle of Dreux

Role range: 1562-1598 – 1552-1572

Coligny Helps Direct Protestant Armies

Admiral Coligny became one of the principal military leaders of the Huguenot cause during the French religious wars.

Pacification of Amboise

Coligny accepts the pacification while Huguenot military strength is weakened

Role range: 1562-1598 – 1552-1572

Coligny Leads Huguenot Field Army

Coligny assumed an increasingly prominent military role as the renewed French religious conflict expanded.

Coligny Army Defeated At Moncontour

Royal forces defeated the Huguenot army at Moncontour, forcing Coligny to rebuild its position.

Coligny Wounded Before Paris Massacre

A failed assassination attempt wounded Admiral Coligny shortly before the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre.

Coligny Murdered In Paris

Coligny was murdered during the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre as royal violence spread against Protestant leaders.