Coligny
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- House of Coligny, sovereign of the former principality of Revermount, and its most famous members:
- Gaspard I de ColignyGaspard I de ColignyGaspard I de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon , known as the Marshal of Châtillon, was a French soldier. He served in the Italian Wars from 1495 to 1515, and was created Marshal of France in 1516....
, and his sons- Gaspard II de ColignyGaspard de ColignyGaspard de Coligny , Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and admiral, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion.-Ancestry:...
(1519–1572), Seigneur (Lord) de Châtillon, admiral of France and Protestant leader, whose children included- François de ColignyFrançois de ColignyFrançois de Coligny comte de Coligny and seigeur de Châtillon-sur-Loing was a French Protestant general of the Wars of Religion. He was the son of Gaspard II de Coligny , Admiral of France .-Military career:...
, whose children included- Gaspard III de ColignyGaspard III de ColignyGaspard III de Coligny, Maréchal de Châtillon, of the House of Coligny , comte de Coligny and seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing, then duc de Coligny, marquis d'Andelot, Peer of France, Marshal of France , was a French Protestant general.He was the son of François de Coligny and his wife Marguerite...
- Gaspard III de Coligny
- François de Coligny
- Odet de ColignyOdet de ColignyOdet de Coligny was a French cardinal of Châtillon, bishop of Beauvais, son of Gaspard I de Coligny and Louise de Montmorency, and brother of Gaspard and François, Seigneur d'Andelot.-Birth:...
- François de Coligny d'AndelotFrançois de Coligny d'AndelotFrançois d'Andelot de Coligny was one of the leaders of French Protestantism during the French Wars of Religion...
- Gaspard II de Coligny
- Jean de Coligny-SalignyJean de Coligny-SalignyJean de Coligny-Saligny, was a French noble and army commander, best known for his part in the victory in the Battle of Saint Gotthard ....
- Gaspard I de Coligny