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See also:DES ADRETS, See also:FRANCOIS DE See also:BEAUMONT, See also:BARON (C. 1512-1587) , See also:French See also:Protestant See also:leader, was See also:born in 1512 or 1513 at the See also:chateau of La Frette (See also:Isere). During the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of See also:France he served with distinction in the royal See also:army and became See also:colonel of the " legions " of. See also:Dauphine, See also:Provence and See also:Languedoc. In 1562, however, he joined the See also:Huguenots, not from religious conviction but probably from motives of ambition and See also:personal dislike of the See also:house of See also:Guise. His See also:campaign against the Catholics in 1562 was eminently successful. In See also:June of that See also:year Des Adrets was See also:master of the greater See also:part of Dauphine. But his brilliant military qualities were marred by his revolting atrocities. The See also:reprisals he exacted from the Catholics after their massacres of the Huguenots at See also:Orange have See also:left a dark stain upon his name. The garrisons that resisted him were butchered with every circumstance of brutality, and at See also:Montbrison, in Forez, he forced eighteen prisoners to precipitate themselves from the See also:top of the keep. Having alienated the affections of the Huguenots by his See also:pride and violence, he entered into communication with the Catholics, and declared himself openly in favour of conciliation. On the loth of See also:January 1563 he was arrested on suspicion by some Huguenot See also:officers and confined in the citadel of See also:Nimes.
End of Article: DES ADRETS, FRANCOIS DE BEAUMONT, BARON (C. 1512-1587)
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