Louis I, Prince of Condé
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Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569) was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Coming from a position of relative political unimportance during the reign of Henri II, Condé's support for the Huguenots, along with his leading role in the conspiracy of Amboise and its aftermath, pushed him to the centre of French politics. Arrested during the reign of Francis II then released upon the latter's premature death, he would lead the Huguenot forces in the first three civil wars of the French Wars of Religion before being executed after his defeat at the Battle of Jarnac in 1569.
Louis de Bourbon | |||||
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1st Prince of Condé | |||||
Born | (1530-05-07)7 May 1530 Vendôme | ||||
Died | 13 March 1569(1569-03-13) (aged 38) Jarnac | ||||
Spouses | Éléanore de Roucy Françoise d'Orléans | ||||
Issue and more | Henri I, Prince of Condé François, Prince of Conti Charles II, Cardinal de Bourbon Charles, Count of Soissons | ||||
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House | Bourbon (Condé branch) (founded) | ||||
Father | Charles, Duke of Vendôme | ||||
Mother | Françoise d'Alençon | ||||
Religion | Calvinist (Huguenot) prev. Catholic |