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5,174,401,314 visitors served. L'Hôpital, Michel de L'Hôpital or
L'Hospital, Michel de (both: mēshĕl` də lōpētäl`), c.1505–1573,
chancellor of France under Catherine de' Medici Catherine de'
Medici , 1519–89, queen of France, daughter of Lorenzo de'
Medici, duke of Urbino. She was married (1533) to the duc
d'Orléans, later King Henry II. ..... Click the link for more
information. . He was Catherine's chief collaborator in the
policy of religious toleration that she followed during most of
her early administration. He favored, although he did not
originate, the Edict of Romorantin (1560), which deprived the
secular courts of jurisdiction in cases involving religion, and
he was responsible for the edicts granting liberty of conscience
(1561) and restricted liberty of worship (1562). He withdrew
from court during the first War of Religion (1562–63; see
Religion, Wars of Religion, Wars of, 1562–98, series of civil
wars in France, also known as the Hug