Coligny

[ kaw-lee-nyee ]

/ kɔ liˈnyi /

Gas·pard de

[ga-spar duh] /gaˈspar də/,1519–72, French admiral and Huguenot leader.

Example sentences from the Web for coligny

At the time of the duel between Guise and Coligny, in 1644, she had seen her twenty-fifth summer.

Political Women (Vol. 1 of 2) |Sutherland Menzies
But all Coligny's military achievements pale in the light of his manly and unaffected piety.

History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird
When Coligny developed his plan for an attack upon Spain, he determined to found a colony in the region then known as Florida.

The Colonization of North America |Herbert Eugene Bolton
Coligny had been resting his army at Faye, a small town about midway between Chinon and Chtellerault.

History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird

The secret of this arrogant demeanor is found in the fact that the court believed it impossible for the Germans to join Coligny.

History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird

Coligny

/ (French kɔliɲi) /

Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader