Conspiracy of Amboise

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The Conspiracy of Amboise was a failed 1560 plot by French Protestant nobles to seize power from the Catholic Guise faction during the minority of King Francis II, marking an early flashpoint of the French Wars of Religion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup attempt ⓘ
event in the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
political conspiracy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amboise conspiracy ⓘ
chronology precedes the outbreak of open civil war in 1562 ⓘ
conflictType court conspiracy ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
describedAs early flashpoint of the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
endTime March 1560 ⓘ
followedBy Edict of Amboise (1560) ⓘ
linked to: Edict of Amboise

increased polarization leading to the French Wars of Religion ⓘ
goal to gain influence over King Francis II ⓘ
to secure religious and political concessions for Protestants ⓘ
to seize power from the Guise faction ⓘ
hasCause opposition to the Guise family's dominance at court ⓘ
persecution of French Protestants (Huguenots) ⓘ
religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants in France ⓘ
hasEffect heightened mistrust between Catholics and Protestants in France ⓘ
strengthening of Guise control over the monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Wars of Religion ⓘ
Reformation ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
location Amboise ⓘ
Château d'Amboise ⓘ
namedAfter Amboise ⓘ
opponent Catholic royal government of France ⓘ
Guise faction ⓘ
organizer La Renaudie ⓘ
Louis I de Bourbon, Prince of Condé ⓘ
outcome failure of the plot ⓘ
repression of conspirators ⓘ
participant Catherine de' Medici ⓘ
Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ⓘ
Francis II of France ⓘ
Francis, Duke of Guise ⓘ
French Protestant nobles ⓘ
House of Guise ⓘ
Huguenots ⓘ
partOf French Wars of Religion ⓘ
pointInTime 1560 ⓘ
religiousContext Calvinism ⓘ
Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Protestantism ⓘ
significantEvent mass executions of captured conspirators ⓘ
public hangings at Amboise ⓘ
startTime March 1560 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amboise → historicalEvent → Conspiracy of Amboise ⓘ
Château d’Amboise → historicalEvent → Amboise Conspiracy of 1560 ⓘ
linked to: Conspiracy of Amboise
Conspiracy of Amboise → alsoKnownAs → Amboise conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Conspiracy of Amboise