Charles de Téligny ( 153524 August 1572) was a French soldier and

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Biography

De Téligny belonged to a respected

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family of Rouerque, and received an excellent training in letters and arms at the house of

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. He was employed on several peace missions; he represented the

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before the king, and was entrusted by Condé with the presentation of his terms to the queen-mother

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in 1567, and in the following year he assisted at the conference at Châlons and signed the

Peace of Longjumeau The Peace of Longjumeau (also known as the Treaty of Longjumeau or the Edict of Longjumeau) was signed on 23 March 1568 by Charles IX of France and Catherine de' Medici. The edict brought to an end the brief second war of the French Wars of Relig ...

, which was destined to be of short duration. On the outbreak of war, he took part in the siege of Poitiers, directed an unsuccessful attack on Nantes, fought bravely under Coligny at Moncontour, and participated in the negotiations ending in the

Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye The Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was signed on 8 August 1570 by Charles IX of France, Gaspard II de Coligny and Jeanne d'Albret, to end the third war (1568-70) of the French Wars of Religion. The Peace went much further than the March 1568 ...

(8 August 1570). In 1571 he retired to

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and married

Louise de Coligny Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 9 November 1620) was a princess consort of Orange as the fourth and last spouse of William the Silent. She was the daughter of Gaspard de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon by his first wife, Charlotte de L ...

, but was speedily recalled to Paris to serve on the bi-partisan commission of adjustment. Although he won the special favour of Charles IX, he became one of the first victims in the massacre of St Bartholomew's Day. He was murdered in the halls of the

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after refusing to recant his Protestant beliefs. His remains were taken to the Castle of Téligny in 1617, but eight years later were thrown into the river by the

Bishop of Castres The Catholic Diocese of Castres, in Southern France, was created in 1317 from the diocese of Albi. It was suppressed at the time of the French Revolution, under the Concordat of 1801.16th-century French diplomats French Protestants French soldiers Huguenots 1530s births 1572 deaths