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Antoine L'Espenard: The French Huquenot, of New Rochelle, and Some of His Descendants

Antoine L'Espenard: The French Huquenot, of New Rochelle, and Some of His Descendants

Charles W. Darling
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Excerpt from Antoine L'espenard: The French Huquenot, of New Rochelle, and Some of His Descendants
This colony, under the direction of John Rebault, had been sent out from France to America by Admiral Coligny.
It is a well-known fact in history that Charles IX. pretended to make overtures of peace to the Huguenots, and at the marriage of his sister, Margaret, to Henry of Navarre he invited Coligny and other Protestant leaders to the wedding ceremonies. Having treated them at court with simulated favor, he managed to lull their suspicions, and the result of his machinations was the general massacre of the Protestants on St. Bartholomew's day, August 25, 1572.
When, in 1584. Henry of Navarre, the acknowledged head of the Protestant party, became heir apparent to the French throne, the Guises openly avowed their intention to retain control of the crown.
Henry III., after the death of Charles IX., in 1574. succeeded his brother as King of France, and it was during his reign that the Guises were assassinated. Henry met with the same fate, for he was stabbed by Jaques Clement, a partisan of the Guises, and died August 2, 1589.
Henry IV., the first Bourbon monarch of France, who succeeded Henry III., in 1589, was bred a Protestant by his mother. Jeanne d'Albret, the wife of Antoine de Bourbon, and Queen of Navarre. After the peace of St. Germaine, in 1572, he married Margaret of Valois, sister of Charles IX., and was compelled to abjure his faith. Although Henry IV. was at heart a Huguenot, he entered the Roman Catholic Church from motives of policy, but continued to protect the Huguenots. In the year 1598 he issued the Edict of Nantes, which nation, and defined the position of the Reformed Church in France. Then affairs for a time became settled. During the life of this monarch prosperity followed the Huguenots of France such as had never before been enjoyed. In the year 1624 the Protestants had become a power, and so much strength had they politically that a change in their political status was decided upon by their enemies. Fourteen years prior to this date Louis XIII. had ascended the throne, but during his minority the country was governed by Marie de Medici, his mother, who was the wife of Henry 1 Y.Albert de Luynes, a peer of France, and a favorite of the queen-regent, held the reins of government, and the result was commotion and After his death, in 1624, Cardinal Richelieu entered the Council, and became the real ruler of France, with almost absolute authority. The king, whose education had been sadly neglected, lived in seclusion, hated his family, and Stood in awe of his minister. Richelieu, educated for the army, had given up the military profession to study theology, and in 1607 was consecrated a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Having allied himself with the queen-mother, he was appointed her almoner, and in 1622 was rewarded with the hat of a Cardinal. Soon after he was made Prime Minister, when he established absolute power, vested in himself, and he then determined to crush the Huguenots, whose influence had been steadily increasing. Having driven out the queen-mother, he lost no time in making an attack upon Rochelle, laying siege to that place. This siege lasted fourteen months, and was one of the most memorable events in the history of France. The city surrendered October 28, 1628, and twenty thousand out of twenty-four thousand of its inhabitants perished by sword or famine.
Language
English
Pages
30
Format
Paperback
Release
September 27, 2015
ISBN 13
9781330665213

Antoine L'Espenard: The French Huquenot, of New Rochelle, and Some of His Descendants

Charles W. Darling
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Excerpt from Antoine L'espenard: The French Huquenot, of New Rochelle, and Some of His Descendants
This colony, under the direction of John Rebault, had been sent out from France to America by Admiral Coligny.
It is a well-known fact in history that Charles IX. pretended to make overtures of peace to the Huguenots, and at the marriage of his sister, Margaret, to Henry of Navarre he invited Coligny and other Protestant leaders to the wedding ceremonies. Having treated them at court with simulated favor, he managed to lull their suspicions, and the result of his machinations was the general massacre of the Protestants on St. Bartholomew's day, August 25, 1572.
When, in 1584. Henry of Navarre, the acknowledged head of the Protestant party, became heir apparent to the French throne, the Guises openly avowed their intention to retain control of the crown.
Henry III., after the death of Charles IX., in 1574. succeeded his brother as King of France, and it was during his reign that the Guises were assassinated. Henry met with the same fate, for he was stabbed by Jaques Clement, a partisan of the Guises, and died August 2, 1589.
Henry IV., the first Bourbon monarch of France, who succeeded Henry III., in 1589, was bred a Protestant by his mother. Jeanne d'Albret, the wife of Antoine de Bourbon, and Queen of Navarre. After the peace of St. Germaine, in 1572, he married Margaret of Valois, sister of Charles IX., and was compelled to abjure his faith. Although Henry IV. was at heart a Huguenot, he entered the Roman Catholic Church from motives of policy, but continued to protect the Huguenots. In the year 1598 he issued the Edict of Nantes, which nation, and defined the position of the Reformed Church in France. Then affairs for a time became settled. During the life of this monarch prosperity followed the Huguenots of France such as had never before been enjoyed. In the year 1624 the Protestants had become a power, and so much strength had they politically that a change in their political status was decided upon by their enemies. Fourteen years prior to this date Louis XIII. had ascended the throne, but during his minority the country was governed by Marie de Medici, his mother, who was the wife of Henry 1 Y.Albert de Luynes, a peer of France, and a favorite of the queen-regent, held the reins of government, and the result was commotion and After his death, in 1624, Cardinal Richelieu entered the Council, and became the real ruler of France, with almost absolute authority. The king, whose education had been sadly neglected, lived in seclusion, hated his family, and Stood in awe of his minister. Richelieu, educated for the army, had given up the military profession to study theology, and in 1607 was consecrated a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Having allied himself with the queen-mother, he was appointed her almoner, and in 1622 was rewarded with the hat of a Cardinal. Soon after he was made Prime Minister, when he established absolute power, vested in himself, and he then determined to crush the Huguenots, whose influence had been steadily increasing. Having driven out the queen-mother, he lost no time in making an attack upon Rochelle, laying siege to that place. This siege lasted fourteen months, and was one of the most memorable events in the history of France. The city surrendered October 28, 1628, and twenty thousand out of twenty-four thousand of its inhabitants perished by sword or famine.
Language
English
Pages
30
Format
Paperback
Release
September 27, 2015
ISBN 13
9781330665213

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