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Gaspard II de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon

Also known as: Gaspard II de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon; primary name: Coligny, Gaspard II de; other name: Coligny, Gaspar de; other name: Coligny, Gaspard de; other name: Coligny-Châtillon, Gaspard de
Details: individual; military/naval; cleric/religious official; French; Male
Life dates: 1519-1572
Biography: French admiral (1552) and leader of the Huguenots; son of Gaspard I of Coligny, brother of Odet de Coligny and François d'Andelot (qq.v.); he escaped an attempt of assassination ordered by Catherine de' Medici (22 August 1572), but was murdered by Besme, a servant of the Duc de Guise (.v.), two days later, during what was to be known as the St Bartholomew's Day massacre.

32 related objects

medal

Museum number: 1930,0707.21 |
Production date: 1550 |
Production place: Made in:France

print

Title: Gaspar Colign. Thalassiarchus |
Museum number: R,6.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean RabelPublished by:Jean Rabel |
Production date: 1552-1603

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.5266 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Abraham Girardet |
Production date: 1798-1801

print

Title: Collignei fratres |
Museum number: 1927,1008.206 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marc DuvalAfter:Frans Pourbus I |
Production date: 1579

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,1114.244 |
Producer name: BIOG49641 Print made by:Horace Vernet |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.2246-2253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0809.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles OnghenaAfter:Petrus Kremer |
Production date: 1825-1836

print

Title: Gaspar Colign. Thalassiarchus |
Museum number: 1874,0808.2362 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean RabelPublished by:Jean Rabel |
Production date: 1552-1603

print

Title: Coligny |
Museum number: 1900,1231.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Roch VigneronPrinted by:Demanne |
Production date: 1820-1870

print

Title: Gaspar comte de Coligny Seigneur de Chastillon Admiral de France |
Museum number: O,1.129 |
Producer name: BIOG41927 Print made by:Jacques Picart |
Production date: 1660

print; book-illustration

Title: Gaspard de Coligni Amiral de France |
Museum number: 1879,0510.249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Friedrich SchmidtPublished by:Michel Odieuvre |
Production date: 1755-1765 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Gaspard Comte de coligni, 2e du nom chevalier de l Recueil de portraits |
Museum number: 1869,0612.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne DesrochersPublished by:Étienne Desrochers |
Production date: 1709-1741 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Gaspar de Colligni Almirante de Francia |
Museum number: 1868,0208.5 |
Producer name: BIOG20537 Print made by:Gaspar Bouttats |
Production date: 1660-1695

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.2354-2361 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Collignei fratres |
Museum number: O,8.138 |
Producer name: BIOG154250 Print made by:Wierix brothers |
Production date: 1550-1570

print

Title: Collignei fratres |
Museum number: 1884,0412.5 |
Producer name: BIOG154250 Print made by:Wierix brothers |
Production date: 1550-1570

print

Title: Earl de Grey / as Admiral Coligny. |
Museum number: 1931,0724.201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walker & BoutallAfter:Walery |
Production date: 1897-1899

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1888,0612.1107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles OnghenaAfter:Petrus Kremer |
Production date: 1825-1836

print; book-illustration

Title: Coligny |
Museum number: 1874,1114.242 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste MauzaissePrinted by:Godefroy Engelmann I |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: Gaspar de Coligni, Amiral de France |
Museum number: 1838,1215.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georg Friedrich SchmidtPublished by:Michel Odieuvre |
Production date: 1737-1741

print

Title: Effigies Gasparis de Coligna ... Amiralii Franciae |
Museum number: R,6.45 |
Producer name: BIOG17268 Print made by:Jost Amman |
Production date: 1573

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.5230-5240 |
Producer name: After:Charles EisenPrint made by:Joseph de Longueil |
Production date: 1769-1770

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.4319 |
Producer name: BIOG23086 After:François Clouet |
Production date: 1800-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1895,0420.78 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1550-1600

print

Title: Effigies Gasparis de Coligna ... Amiralii Franciae |
Museum number: 1841,0612.42 |
Producer name: BIOG17268 Print made by:Jost Amman |
Production date: 1573

print

Museum number: 1885,0509.279-532 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC-19thC

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.2238-2245 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Title: Effigies Gasparis de Coligna ... Amiralii Franciae |
Museum number: 1841,0612.43 |
Producer name: BIOG17268 Print made by:Jost Amman |
Production date: 1573 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.1478-1489 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Christian Dieterich |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Göttingen (Lower Saxony)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.2346-2353 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.6395-6402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.2362-2369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

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