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THE WARS OF RELIGION. 1. The Bourbons and Guises.  Henry II. had left four sons, the eldest of whom, _Francis II. THE WARS OF RELIGION ONE THE BOURBON AND GIZ HENRY THE SECOND HAD LEFT FOUR SONS THE ELDEST OF WHOM FRANCIS TH
Quentin. The French, under the Constable of Montmorençy, came to relieve the city, and were utterly defeated, the Constable himself being made prisoner. His nephew, the Admiral de Coligny, held out St. Quentin to the last, and thus gave the country time to rally against the invader; and Guise was recalled in haste from Italy. He soon after surprised Calais, which was thus restored to the French, after having been held by the English for two hundred years. This was the only conquest the French retained when the final peace of Cateau Cambresis was made in the year 1558, for all else that had been taken on either side was then restored. Savoy was given back to its duke, together with the hand of Henry's sister, Margaret. During a tournament held in honour of the wedding, Henry II. was mortally injured by the splinter of a lance, in 1559; and in the home troubles that followed, all pretensions to Italian power were dropped by France, after wars which had lasted sixty-four years. CHAPTER V.  CHAPTER FIVE OF HISTORY OF FRANCE THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADELE HOLY HISTORY OF FRANCE BY CHARLOTTE M YOUNGER CHAPTER FIVE
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