Coligny

He believed that no ladies were to be of the party, and that the gentlemen were chiefly of the King's new friends among the Huguenots, such as Coligny, his son-in-law Teligny, Rochefoucauld, and the like, among whom the young gentleman could not fall into any very serious harm, and might very possibly be influenced against a Roman Catholic wife.

The Chaplet of Pearls Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The first shows the attempted assassination of Coligny; the second, titled The Slaughter of Coligny and His Men, shows the admiral thrown from a balcony while his followers are hacked to death; and the third, Charles IX before Parliament, shows the king approving the murder.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Among the prominent Huguenot guests was their military leader, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Among the prominent Huguenot guests was their military leader, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

As the duke waited below, his men slew Coligny, who reportedly said that he wished it were “a man rather than this dirty adolescent who causes my death.”

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

As the duke waited below, his men slew Coligny, who reportedly said that he wished it were “a man rather than this dirty adolescent who causes my death.”

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

The first shows the attempted assassination of Coligny; the second, titled The Slaughter of Coligny and His Men, shows the admiral thrown from a balcony while his followers are hacked to death; and the third, Charles IX before Parliament, shows the king approving the murder.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

On August 22, a would-be assassin shot and gravely wounded Coligny.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

On August 22, a would-be assassin shot and gravely wounded Coligny.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Coligny, and fawned upon tyrants to such an extent that Anacephorus said of Pisistratus: “His urine attracts the bees.”

Les Miserables 2008