LOUIS I DE BOURBON
1530 - 1569

Louis was the 1st Prince of Condé.

Together with Gaspard II de Coligny, Louis led the Huguenots in the French Wars of Religion.

As such he was killed in the Battle of Jarnac on March 13, 1569.

LOUIS' DEATH SENTENCE
In November 1560, Louis had already been sentenced to death for his involvement in the Plot of Amboise of March 1560. 

Fortunately for Louis, the young king Francis II died prematurely on December 5, 1560. Why did that save Louis' hide?

As king, Francis II had been completely controlled by the radical Catholic de Guise family. How was that possible? Because Francis' wife, Mary Queen of Scots, was the niece of the bloody de Guise brothers.

Francis was now succeeded by his brother Charles IX, who was too young to rule, which meant that his mother Catherine de Medicis was going to rule in his place.

Now, Catherine didn't like to be dominated by any body or faction. So in order to balance the de Guises, she sent word to Louis to never mind and forget about that ugly death sentence.

Things calmed down until the year 1562 when the Wars of Religion broke out.
 

LOUIS I DE BOURBON

LOUIS' FAMILY
Louis' father was Charles, who was the Duke of Vendôme. His mother was Françoise d'Alençon.

In 1551, Louis married Éléonore de Roye, who died in 1564.

In 1565, Louis married Françoise d'Orléans.