23 Aug 1572: On the eve of St Bartholomew's day Catherine de Medici goes to see her son Charles IX about the crisis caused by the attempted assassination of Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon the previous day. Massacre would follow.

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11 Because of the cost of war and uncertain times, William was first laid to rest on a catafalque surrounded by rather dreary curtains in Delft's Nieuwe Kerk to the chagrin of his widow, Louise de Coligny.

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Born in 1555: (1555-1620), Princess of Orange as the 4th spouse of

Portrait by workshop of Michiel van (1566-1641), ca. 1600-20

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Finissons même sur l'assassinat de Coligny, sous deux angles différents.
Je suppose que vous voyez toutes et tous la portée des deux œuvres, bien que décrivant toutes deux un assassinat.

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François Clouet (1515-1572). Portrait au crayon de Gaspard II de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon, c. 1560.

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The Visit of Charles IX to the Dying Coligny, Carl Huns, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts https://t.co/6MgG8fuBgc (Palette: 🖌🎨

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