Guy XX de Laval
Guy XX de Laval, François de Coligny (May 6, 1585 – December 3, 1605) was the Count of Laval (Mayenne) and Baron of Quintin. He was son of and .
In 1588, Anne d'Algère took him to Sedan so that he could be raised as a Protestant. In April 1605, however, Guy XX de Laval converted to Catholicism.
Near the end of 1605 he led an expedition in Hungary against the Turks and died in combat on December 3 of that year.
He was the last to take the name of Guy.
See also[]
Bibliography[]
- The Counts of Laval: Culture, Patronage and Religion in Fifteenth and Sixteenth-Century France (Ashgate, Aldershot, 2007)
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