Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon
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28 September 1555 Château de Joze-en-Auvergne, France |
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| Died | 25 March 1623 (aged 67) Sedan, France |
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Charlotte de La Marck Elisabeth of Orange-Nassau |
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| Issue Detail |
Marie, Duchess of La Trémoille Juliane Catherine, Countess of Roucy Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne Élisabeth, Marquise of Duras Henriette Catherine, Marquise of La Moussaye Henri, vicomte de Turenne |
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| House | La Tour d'Auvergne | ||||
| Father | François de La Tour d'Auvergne | ||||
| Mother | Eléonore de Montmorency | ||||
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| Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne |
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (titular Duke of Bouillon, jure uxoris, comte de Montfort et Negrepelisse, vicomte de Turenne, Castillon, et Lanquais) (28 September 1555 – 25 March 1623) was a member of the powerful (then Huguenot) House of La Tour d'Auvergne, Prince of Sedan and a marshal of France.
The vicomte de Turenne was born at the castle of Joze-en-Auvergne, near Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne. His parents were François de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne and Eléonore de Montmorency, eldest daughter of Anne, 1st Duc de Montmorency.
After the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 he participated in the Siege of La Rochelle (1572-1573), but subsequently re-converted to Protestantism. Compromised in the conspiracy of La Mole and Coconnat in 1574, he joined the party of the Malcontents headed by François, Duke of Alençon (younger brother of kings Charles IX and Henry III) in 1575.
In 1576 he joined the Protestant party of Henry of Navarre (the future Henry IV), negotiating the Peace of Nérac between Protestants and Catholics in 1579. Appointed lieutenant general of Upper Languedoc in 1580, he took part in the siege of Paris in 1590 after the accession of Henry IV to the throne, and conquered Stenay from the Catholic League in 1591.
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