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7 unusual facts about Coligny


Gaspard III de Coligny

Henriette de Coligny (1618–1673), in 1643 married Thomas Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Haddington, then in 1653 married Gaspard de Champagne, comte de la Suze (marriage annulled).

He was the son of François de Coligny (1557–1591) and his wife Marguerite d'Ailly, and the grandson of admiral Gaspard de Coligny.

Gaspard III de Coligny, Maréchal de Châtillon, of the House of Coligny (26 July 1584, Montpellier-4 January 1646, Châtillon), comte de Coligny and seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing, then duc de Coligny, marquis d'Andelot, Peer of France, Marshal of France (1622), was a French Protestant general.

Humbert I of Viennois

He was the son of Albert IV, baron of la Tour-du-Pin, and of Béatrice de Coligny (herself the daughter of Hugh I, lord of Coligny and of Béatrice d'Albon, dauphine of Viennois).

Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon

New attempts were made to create a Huguenot colony in the New World, again at the instigation of Coligny, this time in Florida from 1562 to 1565, under Jean Ribault and René de Laudonnière.

Odet de Coligny

Odet de Coligny (10 July 1517 – 14 February 1571) was a French cardinal of Châtillon, bishop of Beauvais, son of Gaspard I de Coligny and Louise de Montmorency, and brother of Gaspard and François, Seigneur d'Andelot.

His birth at Châtillon-Coligny, as his parents' second son, was recorded in his mother's book of hours.


Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing

Though she bears no noble title, she is a daughter of François Marie Joseph Abel Henri Sauvage, marquis of Brantès, who died in Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp on 8 May 1944, and his wife, the former Princess Aymone Marie Sylvie Renée de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny, a great-great-granddaughter of Charles Ferdinand, duc de Berry by his mistress Amy Brown.

Charlotte de Laval

François de Coligny, Count of Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing (28 April 1557 – 8 October 1591), married Marguerite d'Ailly, by whom he had issue.

Harts River

The Little Harts River which rises near Coligny joins the Great Harts River, which rises near Lichtenburg, to form the main river.

Jean de Coligny-Saligny

Jean de Coligny-Saligny, (Saligny, December 25, 1617 – April 16, 1686) was a French noble and army commander, best known for his part in the victory in the Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664).

Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard

Leopold Eberhard was the eighth and youngest child of Duke George II of Württemberg-Montbéliard by his wife, Comtesse Anne de Coligny.

Tomás Terry

María Natividad (1882–1960), married to Prince Guy Charles de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny (1876–1914), great-grandson of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry through his daughter Charlotte, Countess of Issoudun, bore by his mistress Amy Brown (with issue, including Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing).


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