(1517-1572) French admiral and soldier, and prominent Huguenot. About 1557 he joined the Protestant party, helping to lead the Huguenot forces during the Wars of Religion. After the Treaty of St Germain 1570, he became a favorite of the young king Charles IX, but was killed on the first night of the Massacre of St Bartholomew.
Gaspard de, Seigneur de Châtillon, 1519, 1572, frz. Heerführer u. Admiral; trat 1557 zum Calvinismus über u. wurde Führer der Hugenotten; in der Bartholomäusnacht ermordet.