title: House of Coligny
text: # House of Coligny
  
  The House of Coligny was the name of an old and important French noble family, originating from the Bresse region of France. Their bloodline ended in 1694.
  
  ## Titles
  
  At various points in times, the House of Coligny held the following titles:
  
  * seigneurs de Cuchet (Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey)
  * de Meillonnas
  * de Saint-Denis
  * de Varey (Saint-Jean-le-Vieux)
  
  ## Members
  
  Members of the family include:
  
  * Hugues de Coligny, knight and lord of Coligny-le-Neuf and other lordships, military commander and landholder in Greece after the Fourth Crusade, killed in the Battle of Serres (1205)
  * Gaspard I de Coligny, comte de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (1465/1470–1522), known as the Marshal of Châtillon
     * Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572), Seigneur (Lord) de Châtillon, admiral of France and Protestant leader
        * François de Coligny (1557–1591), comte de Coligny and seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing, a Protestant general during the Wars of Religion
           * Gaspard III de Coligny (1584–1646), comte de Coligny and seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing, then duc de Coligny, marquis d'Andelot, Peer of France and Marshal of France (1622), a Protestant general
     * Odet de Coligny (1517–1571), French cardinal of Châtillon, bishop of Beauvais
     * François de Coligny d'Andelot (1521–1569), one of the leaders of French Protestantism during the French Wars of Religion
  * Jean de Coligny-Saligny (1617–1686), French nobleman and army commander
  
  ## Family tree
  
  vteColigny family tree :
  
  Guillaume de MontmorencyAnne Pot
  
  Gaspard ILouise de MontmorencyAnne de MontmorencyMadeleine of Savoy
  
  Charlotte de LavalGaspard IIOdetFrançoisFrançois de MontmorencyHenriCharles de Montmorency-Damville
  
  LouiseFrançoisCharlesPaul de Coligny [fr]
  
  Frederick Henry, Prince of OrangeGaspard IIIGuy XX de Laval
  
  William II of OrangeGaspard IV de Coligny [fr]HenrietteAnneGeorge II of Württemberg-Montbéliard
  
  William III of EnglandEleonoreLeopold :
  
  Notes: :
  
  