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When Francis II died on 5 December 1560, his mother Catherine de' Medici became regent for her second son, the nine year old CharlesIX. [50] With the state financially exhausted by the Italian Wars, Catherine had to preserve the independence of the monarchy from a range of competing factions led by powerful nobles, each of whom controlled what were essentially private armies. [51] To offset the Guise or "Guisard", she agreed a deal in which Antoine of Navarre renounced any claim to the regency in return for Condé's release and the position of Lieutenant-General of France. [52] Main article: Amboise conspiracy Contemporary woodcut of executions following the Amboise conspiracy

French Revolutionary wars - Europe, 1792-1802, Conflict | Britannica". www.britannica.com . Retrieved 18 July 2023. Gregory Fremont-Barnes (2013). The French Revolutionary Wars. Taylor & Francis. p.12. ISBN 9781135977412. Main articles: Estates General of 1588 and Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1588) Assassination of the Duke of Guise, leader of the Catholic League, by King HenryIII, in 1588 Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, Oceania, North and South America

The rebellion in the Vendée was also finally crushed in 1796 by Hoche, but Hoche's attempt to land a large invasion force in Ireland was unsuccessful.

Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, ed. The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History (3 vol. 2006) Atkinson, Charles Francis; Hannay, David McDowall (1911). "French Revolutionary Wars". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.11 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.171–205.Dupuy, Trevor N. and Dupuy, R. Ernest. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History (2nd ed. 1970) pp.678–93 Carroll, Stuart (2005). Noble Power During the French Wars of Religion: The Guise Affinity and the Catholic Cause in Normandy. Cambridge University Press.

Attar, Frank, Aux armes citoyens! Naissance et fonctions du bellicisme révolutionnaire. ISBN 2-0208-8891-2usually known as the "Seventh War", [8] [9] [2] ended by the Treaty of Fleix. Sometimes also known as the "Lovers' War" [9]