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Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 9 November 1620) was a Princess consort of Orange as the fourth and last spouse of William the Silent. She was the daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval.
Louise de Coligny was born into an important and influential French family. Her father Gaspard II de Coligny, maréchal de Châtillon (1519–1572), an admiral of France, had served honorably and courageously until he was defeated and imprisoned in Spain.
Jun 26, 2019 · Louise de Coligny was the fourth and final wife of William, Prince of Orange. Louise was born on 23 September 1555 at Castle Châtillon-sur-Long as the second child, and first daughter of Gaspard de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval.
LOUISE de COLIGNY (geb. Ch â tillon-sur-Loing, Frankrijk 23-9-1555 – gest. Fontainebleau, Frankrijk 13-11-1620), vierde vrouw van Willem prins van Oranje. Dochter van Gaspard de Coligny heer van Ch â tillon (1519-1572), admiraal van Frankrijk en hugenotenleider, en Charlotte de Laval (1530-1568).
Louise de Coligny was the fourth wife of William of Orange (1533–1584). A daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572) and Charlotte de Laval (1530–1568), Louise was descended from two powerful French families, the Bourbons and the Montmorencys.
Louise de Coligny was a French countess. She married an important French Protestant at the age of sixteen. Protestants were persecuted in Catholic France; in the year of her marriage both her husband and her father – another leading Protestant – were murdered. Louise fled to Switzerland.
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Louise de Coligny ( Châtillon-sur-Loing, 23 September 1555 – Fontainebleau, 13 November 1620) was the fourth wife of Prince William the Silent. She was the daughter of an important French Protestant leader, Gaspard de Coligny.
