Gaston de Montgomery

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Gaston de Montgomery was a 16th-century French nobleman and military officer best known for accidentally killing King Henry II of France in a jousting tournament.

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Gaston de Montgomery canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French nobleman ⓘ
Huguenot ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
activeIn French Wars of Religion ⓘ
affiliation French Huguenots ⓘ
linked to: Huguenots
associatedWith French court ⓘ
House of Valois ⓘ
birthCentury 16th century ⓘ
capturedBy forces of the French crown ⓘ
causeOfDeathOf Henry II of France ⓘ
causeOfNotability jousting accident with King Henry II of France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1559 ⓘ
deathCause beheading ⓘ
deathCentury 16th century ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
deathYearApproximate 1574 ⓘ
enemyOf French Catholic monarchy ⓘ
familyName de Montgomery ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Gaston ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Wars of Religion era ⓘ
Renaissance France ⓘ
linked to: French Renaissance
languageSpoken French ⓘ
laterPersecutedBy Catherine de' Medici ⓘ
legacy remembered primarily for the fatal jousting accident with Henry II of France ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
militaryConflict French Wars of Religion ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
name Gaston de Montgomery ⓘ
nobleTitle captain of the Scots Guard ⓘ
seigneur de Montgomery ⓘ
linked to: Lord of Montgomery
notableEvent jousting accident leading to death of Henry II of France ⓘ
notableFor accidentally killing King Henry II of France in a jousting tournament ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
opponentInJoust Henry II of France ⓘ
participantIn jousting tournament of 1559 in Paris ⓘ
placeOfEvent Paris ⓘ
politicalAlignment Huguenot faction ⓘ
linked to: Huguenots
religion Protestantism ⓘ
roleInHistory symbol of the dangers of courtly tournaments ⓘ
servedIn French royal army ⓘ
linked to: French royal forces
servedUnder Henry II of France ⓘ
socialClass nobility ⓘ
sparedBy Catherine de' Medici ⓘ

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

House of Montgomery → notableMember → Gaston de Montgomery ⓘ
Gaston de Montgomery → name → Gaston de Montgomery ⓘ