Gaston de Montgomery

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Gaston de Montgomery was a 16th-century French nobleman and military officer best known for accidentally killing King Henry II of France in a jousting tournament.

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Gaston de Montgomery canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman ⓘ
Huguenot ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
activeIn French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
affiliation French Huguenots NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith French court ⓘ
House of Valois NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthCentury 16th century ⓘ
capturedBy forces of the French crown ⓘ
causeOfDeathOf Henry II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfNotability jousting accident with King Henry II of France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1559 ⓘ
deathCause beheading ⓘ
deathCentury 16th century ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
deathYearApproximate 1574 ⓘ
enemyOf French Catholic monarchy ⓘ
familyName de Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Gaston NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Wars of Religion era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance France NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken French ⓘ
laterPersecutedBy Catherine de' Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy remembered primarily for the fatal jousting accident with Henry II of France ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
militaryConflict French Wars of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Gaston de Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle captain of the Scots Guard ⓘ
seigneur de Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent jousting accident leading to death of Henry II of France ⓘ
notableFor accidentally killing King Henry II of France in a jousting tournament ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
opponentInJoust Henry II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
participantIn jousting tournament of 1559 in Paris ⓘ
placeOfEvent Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment Huguenot faction NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
roleInHistory symbol of the dangers of courtly tournaments ⓘ
servedIn French royal army NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedUnder Henry II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass nobility ⓘ
sparedBy Catherine de' Medici NERFINISHED ⓘ

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House of Montgomery → notableMember → Gaston de Montgomery ⓘ