| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| |
| Montmorency, Henri, duc de, the younger, 1595–1632, admiral and marshal of France |
| |
| |
| the younger, 1595–1632, admiral and marshal of France; son of the elder Henri de Montmorency. He became governor of Languedoc in 1613 and fought in the religious and foreign wars of Louis XIII’s reign. In 1632 he joined in a conspiracy of Gaston d’Orléans against Cardinal Richelieu and was captured and executed. |
| |
| | | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
