Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . Charles, Duke of Vendome;born in 1530. He married the grandnieceof the Constable de Montmorenci. Heserved his early campaigns in Piedmont,but first distinguished himself at the de-fense of Metz, besieged by Charles V. in the request of Henry IV. became a Catho-lic; born in 1588. In 1616 he was sentto the Bastille, where he remained forthree years. After the death of LouisXIII. the prince was liberated, and wasmade Minister of State to the regent. Hedied in 1646. Conde, Loui
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . Charles, Duke of Vendome;born in 1530. He married the grandnieceof the Constable de Montmorenci. Heserved his early campaigns in Piedmont,but first distinguished himself at the de-fense of Metz, besieged by Charles V. in the request of Henry IV. became a Catho-lic; born in 1588. In 1616 he was sentto the Bastille, where he remained forthree years. After the death of LouisXIII. the prince was liberated, and wasmade Minister of State to the regent. Hedied in 1646. Conde, Louis II. de Bourbon, PrinceDE, called The Great, son of the preced-ing; born in Paris in 1621. He marrieda niece of Cardinal Richelieu, and wasat first known as the Due first great achievement was the vic-tory over the Spanish army at Rocroi,in 1643. The capture of Thionville sooiifollowed. The following year wasmarked by the battle of Freiburg, whichlasted three days, and the great victoryover the Imperialists at taking Dunkirk, in 1646, Condewas, through envy, sent to Catalonia, •ir**. building a concrete house 1552. Affronted at court, and hated bythe Guises, he joined his brother, theKing of Navarre, at Nerac, and becamea Protestant. In 1560 he was arrestedand sentenced to death, but was dis-charged after the death of Francis soon after appeared as head of theProtestants, and was defeated and cap-tured at the battle of Dreux. He wasagain wronged by being refused the of-fice of lieutenant-general of the kingdom,to which he was entitled. In 1567 hefought the battle of St. Denis. Two yearslater the Protestants were defeated, andConde was slain at Jarnac. Conde^ Henri II., Prince de, who at where with poor troops success failedhim. It was necessary soon to recallhim to Flanders, where he won the vic-tory of Lens over the Archduke Leopold,in 1648. Having offended the first min-ister, Cardinal Mazarin, he was im-prisoned for more than a year, an
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