Page "French Wars of Religion" Paragraph 23

The major engagements of the war occurred at Rouen, Dreux and Orléans.

At the Siege of Rouen ( May – October 1562 ), the crown regained the city, but Antoine de Navarre died of his wounds.

In the Battle of Dreux ( December 1562 ), Condé was captured by the Guises and Montmorency, the governor general, was captured by the Bourbons.

In February 1563, at the Siege of Orléans, Francis, Duke of Guise was shot and killed by the Huguenot Jean de Poltrot de Méré.

As he was killed outside of direct combat, the Guise considered this an assassination on the orders of the duke's enemy, Admiral Coligny.

The popular unrest caused by the assassination, coupled with the city of Orléans ' resistance to the siege, led Catherine de ' Medici to mediate a truce, resulting in the Edict of Amboise ( 1563 ).