Gaspard I de Coligny, Count of Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (1465/1470–1522), known as the Marshal of Châtillon, was a French soldier.

He was born in Châtillon-Coligny, the second son of Jean III de Coligny and Eleanor de Courcelles. He served in the Italian Wars from 1495 to 1515 and was created Marshal of France in 1516. He died in Dax.

Gaspard I de Coligny

By his wife, Louise de Montmorency, sister of Anne de Montmorency, he had three sons: Odet, Cardinal de Châtillon Gaspard, Admiral of France François, Seigneur d'Andelot

Gaspard I de Coligny

All three played an important part in the first period of the French Wars of Religion.

Gaspard I de Coligny

Family tree

References

Sources

Louis de La Roque: Catalogue historique des généraux français, connétables, maréchaux de France, lieutenants généraux, maréchaux de camp. A. Desaide, Paris 1896–1902, p. 46

Counts of France

Marshals of France

People from Loiret

16th-century French people

15th-century births

1522 deaths

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