Key figures and families

Question 1

1559-60

Who were the Montmorency family and what where their religious orientations?

Answer 1

Anne de Montmorency (a guy) - Catholic

Coligny, Odet, Dadelot - Protestant

Question 2

1559-60

Who were the Guise family and what where their religious orientations?

Answer 2

Francis Duke of Guise

Cardinal Charles Lorraine - Both Catholic

Question 3

1559-60

Who were the Bourbon family and what where their religious orientations?

Answer 3

Antony of Navarre

Louis of Conde - Both Protestant

Question 4

At the start of the First War (1562) who supported the protestants and who supported the Catholics?

Answer 4

Catholic side: Anne de Montmorency, The Guises, Antony of Navarre (even though he’s a Protestant)

Huguenot side: Louis of Conde, The Montmorency brothers

Question 5

After the First War what had happened to the families?

Answer 5

Anne de Montmorency (imprisoned)
Louis of Conde (imprisoned)
Francis Duke of Guise (assassinated)
Antony of Navarre (KIA)

Montmorency brothers (fine)
Cardinal Lorraine (fine)

Question 6

By the end of the Third War (1570) what parties had emerged and who was in them?

Answer 6

Politiques: NEW Henry Damville
(son of Anne de Montmorency)

Catholics:
Anne de Montmorency (KIA)
Cardinal Lorraine (fine)
NEW Henry Duke of Guise (son of Francis)

Huguenots:
Louis of Conde (murdered)
Montmorency brothers (fine)
NEW Henry of Conde (son of Louis)
NEW Henry of Navarre (son of Antony)