Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
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Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé (May 7, 1530 – March 13, 1569) was a Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the house of Condé. He was the fifth son of Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, the younger brother of Antoine de Bourbon who married Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre; their son, Condé's nephew, became Henry IV of France.
As a general in the French army, Condé fought against the Spanish at the siege of Metz in 1552 and the Battle of St. Quentin in 1557. After his conversion to Protestantism, he became involved in the Conspiracy of Amboise in 1560, a plot by the Huguenots and the House of Bourbon to abduct the adolescent King Francis II and usurp the power of the House of Guise, leaders of the Catholic party. The plot failed, leading to the massacre of many Huguenots.
Condé commanded the Huguenots in the Wars of Religion and was captured at Dreux in 1562. At Orléans, Francis, Duke of Guise, was assassinated, and when the Queen's fears that the war might drag on led her to negotiate a truce, Condé negotiated the Peace of Amboise with the Catholic party in 1563, which gave the Huguenots some religious toleration. After war broke out again in 1567, Condé was killed at the Battle of Jarnac, 1569.
His son Henri I would also become a Huguenot general.
[edit] Children
- Henri I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
- Charles de Bourbon, comte de Soissons
- François de Bourbon, prince de Conti
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: Condé, Louis de Bourbon, Prince de"
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Prince de Condé ?–1569 |
Succeeded by Henri I de Bourbon |
