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Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron

French military leader
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Born:
c. 1524
Died:
July 26, 1592, Épernay, France

Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron (born c. 1524—died July 26, 1592, Épernay, France) was a soldier and marshal of France during the 16th-century Wars of Religion. As a young page of Margaret, queen of Navarre, Biron attracted the attention of the Marshal de Brissac (Charles de Cossé), who took him to Piedmont. There he commanded the artillery but was lamed by a wound. He brought back to the royal army in France the professional spirit of the Italian soldiers and, in the battles of 1568–69, won the post of grand master of the artillery, held by Brissac before him. ...(100 of 200 words)

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