Question
This admiral distinguished himself during the Italian wars, during which he made a powerful ally in Anne de Montgomery. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this leader who became the head of the Huguenot faction after the death of prince Louis of Conde. He was later thrown out of a window by the Duke of Guise.
ANSWER: Gaspard de Coligny
[10m] The Guises took power in Paris at the head of a military alliance with this name after the day of the Barricades. A different military alliance of this name led by John of Austria defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
ANSWER: Catholic League [or Holy League]
[10e] A female regent from this family attempted to navigate between the power of the Guises and Huguenot nobles while ruling in the stead of several Bourbon monarchs. A ruler from this family nicknamed the “Magnificent” was the subject of the Pazzi conspiracy.
ANSWER: House of Medici [accept Catherine de’ Medici; accept Lorenzo de’ Medici]
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