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  1. 1517-1572. French admiral and soldier, and
  2. prominent Huguenot. About 1557 he joined the
  3. Protestant party, helping to lead the
  4. Huguenot forces during the Wars of Religion.
  5. After the Treaty of St Germain 1570, he
  6. became a favourite of the young king Charles
  7. IX, but was killed on the first night of the
  8. massacre of St Bartholomew.
  9.