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Anne, duc de Joyeuse
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Anne, duc de Joyeuse

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Born:
1561, Joyeuse, France
Died:
October 20, 1587, Coutras, France (aged 26)

Anne, duc de Joyeuse (born 1561, Joyeuse, France—died October 20, 1587, Coutras, France) was a French nobleman who became a leader of the Roman Catholic extremists opposing the Protestant Huguenots during the 16th-century Wars of Religion. The eldest son of Guillaume, viscount de Joyeuse, Anne when very young was admitted to the royal court, where he carried the title of Marquis d’Arques (after one of his father’s lands). King Henry III, having just lost his former favourites, took a great liking to Anne and created him duc de Joyeuse (1581) with precedence over all other peers of the realm except ...(100 of 202 words)

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