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About Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgommery
Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgomery, Lord of Lorges and Ducey, was a French nobleman of Scottish extraction and captain of the Scots Guard of King Henry II of France. He is remembered for mortally injuring Henry II in a jousting accident and subsequently converting to Protestantism, the faith that the Scots Guard sought to suppress. He later became a leader of the Huguenots and was executed for his actions in the French Wars of Religion. In French-language contexts, his name is spelled Montgommery.
Everything about Gabriel de Lorges, Count of Montgommery →- Occupation
- military personnel
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- May 15, 1530, 1550
- Died
- July 6, 1574, June 26, 1574