Jean de Hangest, seigneur d'Yvoy, was a Protestant Huguenot military commander during the

French Wars of Religion The French Wars of Religion is the term which is used in reference to a period of civil war between French Catholic Church, Catholics and Protestantism, Protestants, commonly called Huguenots, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. According to estim ...

. For the period between the death of his elder brother,

Francois de Hangest Sieur de Genlis & d'Abbecourt François II de Hangest, Seigneur de Genlis, bailli & capitaine d'Évreux. (born unknown, died 1569) was a French military commander, notable for his roles during the French Wars of Religion. In historic texts, he is often named simply Genlis or J ...

, in 1569 and his own death in 1572, texts often refer to Jean as simply Genlis, as he assumed his brother’s title. Confusingly, many texts use the name Genlis for the actions of first François and then Jean, without distinction. A member of the Protestant Huguenot party, he became a principal lieutenant of

Admiral de Coligny Gaspard de Coligny (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman, Admiral of France, and Huguenot leader during the French Wars of Religion. He served under kings Francis I and Henry II during the It ...

. In 1562 defended town of Bourges for 20 days. However, the town was lost, causing the Prince Conde to lack confidence in both Jean and his brother François. In 1570, Jean took Valenciennes for the Huguenots. Encouraged by the King of France, Charles IX, to take the Protestant fight to the Netherlands, in 1572, Jean took 7,000 men to relieve the Spanish Siege of Mons, where he was taken captive, moved to

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, and there he was strangled in his bed (11 July 1572).Comptes-Rendus et Mémoires Lus aux Séances, Tome 7 Comité Archéologique et Historique de Noyon 1885 Gaston Andrieux Noyon As the family was heavily in debt, and they had to sell the lands and title Genlis to Pierre Brûlart.

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{{reflist French people of the French Wars of Religion