ON THIS DAY IN VALOIS HISTORY …September 13th 1569: On this day the Protestant leader Adm

ON THIS DAY IN VALOIS HISTORY …

September 13th 1569: On this day the Protestant leader Admiral Coligny was sentenced to death (specifically to be strangled and hanged on the Place de Grève) by the Parliament of Paris and a price of 50k écus was put on his head.

No one would have guessed that within a few years the Admiral would be not the King’s enemy but one of his closest advisors and companions. But favor at the Court of France was as fickle as infamy and ultimately even the King’s sudden violent affection for Coligny did not save him.