Gabriel, comte de Montgomery
(1530-1574)
French soldier
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Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, Lord of Lorges and Ducey (5 May 1530 – 26 June 1574), was a French nobleman of Scottish extraction and captain of the Scots Guard of King Henry II of France. He is remembered for mortally injuring Henry II in a jousting accident and subsequently converting to Protestantism, the faith that the Scots Guard sought to suppress. He became a leader of the Huguenots. In French-language contexts, his name is spelled Montgommery.
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5 May 1530 Ducey, France
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26 June 1574 (aged 44) Paris, France
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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