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Coligny
or Co·li·gni
[ kaw-lee-nyee ]
noun
- Gas·pard de [g, a, -, spar, d, uh], 1519–72, French admiral and Huguenot leader.
Coligny
/ kɔliɲi /
noun
- ColignyGaspard de, Seigneur de Châtillon15191572MFrenchPOLITICS: Huguenot leader Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader
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Admiral Coligny accompanied the party in order that his presence might ensure them due respect at the Louvre.
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In France these people were called Hugue-nots, and among them was a nobleman named Coligny (co-leenye).
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Religious troubles had, as we have also seen, led Coligny to try to plant colonies in Carolina and Florida.
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Coligny heard in Normandy the report of the atrocious charges that had been wrung from Poltrot.
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Not long after Guise's approach, fearing that his design was to besiege the city of Orleans, Coligny threw himself into it.
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