GASPARD II DE COLIGNY
1519 - 1572

Gaspard was the Lord De Châtillon, a French admiral, and a Huguenot.

Together with Louis I de Bourbon, Gaspard led the Huguenots in the early stages of the French Wars of Religion.

In this function he was murdered by the Catholic de Guise family in the infamous Massacre of Bartholomew's Day on August 24, 1572.