Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), was a French nobleman and Admiral of France, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion and a close friend of—and advisor to—the French king, Charles IX.
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16 February 1519 Chatillon-Coligny, France
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Died |
24 August 1572 (aged 53) Paris, France
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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