François de La Noue
François de La Noue, seigneur de La Noue-Briord , called Bras de Fer (* 1531 in Nantes , † August 4, 1591 in Moncontour ) was a French Huguenot leader and writer .
La Noue came from a noble Huguenot family and was distinguished by his bravery in the first two French Huguenot Wars . In 1570 he lost his left arm, which was replaced by an iron link with a hook. After the Bartholomew Night, La Noue commanded the Huguenot fortress of La Rochelle (1574–1578). In 1580 he was captured by the Spanish while fighting on the side of the Calvinists in the Netherlands . During his five years in prison he wrote about the French civil wars; the work was published in 1587. It combined La Noue's memoirs with the exposition of his moral and political views and received many new editions and translations. On March 14, 1590 he fought at the side of the French King Henry IV in the Battle of Ivry. He succumbed to the wounds he suffered during a siege a year later.
Works
- Mémoires du sieur Francois de La Noue. In: Joseph François Michaud (ed.): Nouvelle Collection des Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de France, depuis le XIIIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe. Vol. 9: vielleville, castelnau, merget, la noue. Paris 1838, pp. 581–644 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ).
literature
- Henri Hauser : François de La Noue (1531–1591). Hachette, Paris 1892 ( digitized in the Internet Archive ; reprint Edition Slatkine, Geneva 1970).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Noue, François de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bras de Fer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Huguenot leader and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1531 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nantes |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 4, 1591 |
| Place of death | Moncontour at Lamballe |