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Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Châtillon

Also known as: Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Châtillon; primary name: Coligny, Odet de; other name: (Cardinal of) Châtillon; other name: (Count of) Beauvais
Details: individual; cleric/religious official; French; Male
Life dates: 1517-1571
Biography: Cleric; second son of Gaspard I de Coligny, and brother of Gaspard II de Coligny and François d'Andelot. Created Cardinal in 1533. Following the exemple of his family he converted to calvinism in 1560 or 1561, took the title of Count of Beauvais and married his mistress. He was excommunicated in 1563. In 1568 he fled to England, where he died. He was buried in the east end of Canterbury Cathedral.