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Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery

French nobleman

1530 - 1574

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His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery is the 826th most popular military personnel, the 2,163rd most popular biography from France and the 85th most popular French Military Personnel.

Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, is most famous for accidentally killing King Henry II of France in a 1559 jousting tournament. A surprising fact is that this French nobleman and soldier later converted to Protestantism and led Huguenot forces in the Wars of Religion. His legacy endures as a pivotal figure whose actions hastened the decline of jousting and exemplified the era's religious upheavals.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery ranks 826 out of 2,058. Before him are Oda Nobutaka, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, Max von Gallwitz, Artabanes, Meliton Kantaria, and Paul Revere. After him are Jawhar, Rudolf Schmidt, Theodor Wisch, Doc Holliday, Hydarnes II, and Chen Youliang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery ranks 16. Before him are Anastasia Romanovna, Ruy López de Segura, Jan Kochanowski, Juan de Herrera, Christopher Báthory, and Starina Novak. After him are Giambattista Benedetti, Ranuccio Farnese, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Symon Budny, Ōtomo Sōrin, and Nicholas Rémy. Among people deceased in 1574, Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery ranks 13. Before him are Bartolomeo Eustachi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Maarten van Heemskerck, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, and Ebussuud Efendi. After him are Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Guru Amar Das, Louis of Nassau, Damião de Góis, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and Joachim Camerarius.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery ranks 2,163 out of NaN. Before him are Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), François-Xavier Ortoli (1925), Tristan Corbière (1845), Henri Mouhot (1826), Paul Nizan (1905), and André Courrèges (1923). After him are Guillaume Amontons (1663), Joseph Meister (1876), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Peire Vidal (1140), and Albéric Magnard (1865).

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Among Military Personnels In France

Among military personnels born in France, Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery ranks 85. Before him are Raoul Salan (1899), Henri Gouraud (1867), Charles Huntziger (1880), Rudolf Schmundt (1896), Hans von Salmuth (1888), and Barthélemy Catherine Joubert (1769). After him are William Iron Arm (1010), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Marcellin Marbot (1782), Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), and François Étienne de Kellermann (1770).

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