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This article contains events from the year 1568 in
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
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Incumbents

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Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
– Charles IX


Events

*February to March –
Siege of Chartres Siege of Chartres may refer to: *Siege of Chartres (911) * Siege of Chartres (1360) *Siege of Chartres (1568) The siege of Chartres (28 February – 15 March 1568) was a key event of the second French Wars of Religion. The siege saw the Huguenot ...
*23 March – Peace of Longjumeau


Births

*11 February – Honoré d'Urfé, novelist (died
1625 Events January–March * January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet. * February 3 – ...
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Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoille Charlotte Catherine de La Trémoïlle (1568 – 29 August 1629) was a French noblewoman and, by marriage, Princess of Condé. By birth she belonged to the House of La Trémoïlle. Biography Charlotte Catherine was the youngest of five childr ...
, noblewoman (died 1629) * Nikolaus Ager, botanist (died 1634)


Deaths


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Charlotte de Laval Charlotte de Laval, Dame de Châtillon (1530 – 3 March 1568), was a French noblewoman from one of the most powerful families in Brittany. She was the first wife of Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon, Admiral of France and a prominent ...
, noblewoman (born 1530) *
Pierre Bontemps Pierre Bontemps (c. 1505–1568) was a French sculptor known for his funeral monuments; he was, with Germain Pilon, one of the pre-eminent sculptors of the French Renaissance. He executed most of the bas-reliefs on the tomb of King Francis ...
, sculptor (born c. 1505) *
Antoine Héroet Antoine Héroet, surnamed La Maison-Neuve (died 1568) was a French poet. Biography He was born in Paris of a family connected with the well known chancellor François Olivier. His poetry belongs to his early years, for after he had taken orders ...
, poet


See also


References

1560s in France {{France-hist-stub