Jean de Poltrot Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jean de Poltrot, based on 2 World History Database records associated with France.

2 records1563–15632 events2 places

Chronological biography

1563

Shooting of Guise18 February 1563

Warfare / French Wars of Religion · Huguenot Assassin · Orleans

Poltrot shoots Francis of Guise outside Orleans

Execution of Poltrot18 March 1563

Warfare / French Wars of Religion · Huguenot Assassin · Paris

Poltrot is executed for the shooting of Francis of Guise

Titles and roles

Huguenot Assassin

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.