Jean de Poltrot (c. 1537 – 1563), sieur de Méré or Mérey, was a French nobleman of Angoumois, who assassinated Francis, Duke of Guise in the aftermath...

when he was wounded on 18 February 1563 by the Huguenot assassin, Jean de Poltrot de Méré, and died six days later, bled to death by his surgeons, at Château...

February 1563, François, Duke of Guise was assassinated by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot during the Siege of Orléans. His death represents a critical turning...

de Rostaing away from the majority of his men who were further ahead. He was ambushed and fatally wounded by the Protestant Jean de Poltrot. Poltrot had...

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway (1648–1720), soldier. John Watts de Peyster, American Brevet Major General in the American Civil War Jean de Poltrot (1537–1563)...

at the Siege of Orléans, Guise was shot and killed by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot de Méré. As he was killed outside of direct combat, the Guise family...

assassinated on 24 February 1563 by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot during the Siege of Orléans. Poltrot was captured and tortured while in prison to find...

Orléans, Francis, Duke of Guise, was shot and killed by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot de Méré. As he was killed outside of direct combat, the Guise considered...

while besieging Orléans by Jean de Poltrot. March 19 – The Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent...

while besieging Orléans by Jean de Poltrot. March 19 – The Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent...