Gabriel de Lorges

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Gabriel I. de Lorges, Count of Montgomery , (* 1526 in Ducey , Normandy ; † executed June 26, 1574 in Paris ), Lord of Ducey (today's department of Manche ), was captain of the Scottish Guard and the man who made the king by his hand Henry II of France died.

Life

He was a son of Jacques I de Lorges, Count of Montgomery and his wife Claude de La Bouxière, mistress of Ducey. Of Scottish origin, he held the post of captain (French: capitain ) of the Scottish Guard in the service of Kings Henry II and Francis I.

During a tournament in Paris on July 1, 1559, Gabriel de Lorges gave Heinrich II the lance that the king died of a few days later. Although Henry II absolved his captain of all guilt, Montgomery was persecuted by Heinrich's wife Caterina de 'Medici from now on. Banned from court the day after the accident, he fled to England , where he converted to Protestantism and became its strongest representative in Normandy when he returned to France. Gabriel de Lorges was one of Gaspard de Coligny's most capable officers and from then on distinguished himself in the Huguenot Wars . He married Isabeau de La Tiral (also known as Elisabeth de la Touche), with whom he had four sons and four daughters, including Gabriel II. De Montgomery, the builder of Ducey Castle.

In May 1562 he conquered Bourges during the first Huguenot War , which he had plundered. In September and October of that year he defended Rouen against the royal army. He faced Jacques II. De Goÿon de Matignon , later Marshal of France , in Normandy on May 27, 1574 and was one of the outstanding officers in the Protestant camp on the campaigns in Guyenne , Périgord , Quercy and during the Third Huguenot War Bearn . At the Battle of Jarnac he tried in vain to free Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé . He was one of the few who survived the Bartholomew Night, since he had withdrawn from Paris after the assassination attempt on Gaspard de Coligny and was warned by a wounded Huguenot. A bounty was placed on him. Thereupon he fled again to England, where Catherine de Medici demanded his extradition several times. Queen Elizabeth I answered this as follows: "Tell the Queen Mother that I will not be the executioner of France."

He returned to France with an English fleet that tried in vain to break the siege of La Rochelle . The following year, Catherine de Medici managed to get Montgomery's head. He failed with an uprising in Normandy, was trapped in Domfront on May 9, 1574 and surrendered in Matignon on May 27. He was brought to Paris, where he was beheaded on June 26th on the Place de Grève .

progeny

The children of Gabriel de Lorge and Isabeau de La Tiral were:

  • Jacques II (1551-1590)
  • Gédéon († 1596)
  • Gilles (1558–1596)
  • Gabriel II (1565-1635)
  • Susanne
  • Elisabeth
  • Claude
  • one daughter, ∞ Jehan de Refuge, baron de Galardon

Montgomery in literature

  • Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Montgomery in his novel Les deux Dianes .

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Lorges, Gabriel de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorges, Count Montgomery, Gabriel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman and captain of the Scottish Guard
DATE OF BIRTH 1526
PLACE OF BIRTH Ducey , Normandy
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1574
Place of death Paris