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A story of persecution and survival brought to life in this biography of the author's Huguenot ancestors, the Le Plastriers. Taken from family documents, books and letters, the first part of the book tells of the lives of these ancestors and the years of discrimination, they, and Huguenots in general, endured during the French Wars of Religion. Central to the story are the massacres and torture suffered by them at the hands of the Catholic kings, Francois 1, Charles 1V, and Henri 111, under the influence of their powerful and domineering mother, Catherine de Medicis, and later under Louis X111 and Louis X1V, who revoked of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 when many Huguenots fled. Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material of the Renaissance period, My Huguenot Heritage shows readers a licentious French court, where grandiose lifestyles alongside poisoning, ambition, treason, and violence were an everyday occurrence.The second part of the book tells of the experiences of the family after their harrowing escape to England in 1685, and how they survived in a new land having left family, friends and all their worldly goods behind in the country of their birth.

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Publié par	Troubador Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	28 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781803139630
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Cover: A Huguenot, on St Bartholomew’s Day, Refusing to Shield Himself from Danger by Wearing the Roman Catholic Badge , by John Everett Millais, 1851–2

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For my eight grandchildren

A STORY BASED ON FACT
Using the wealth of written material that has survived in the form of family memoirs, documents, early biographies, and history books, I have tried to be as factual as is possible when writing about people and events from so long ago.

Contents
Sixteenth-Century Map of France
Kings Of France From 1364
Principal Characters
Main Peace Edicts
Introduction
Prologue Delving Into The Past

PART ONE France 1395–1685

CHAPTER ONE
Origins Of The Le Plastrier Family
CHAPTER TWO
The Siege Of Rouen
CHAPTER THREE
Jehan Le Plastrier, The Entrepreneur
CHAPTER FOUR
Onset Of The Persecution Of The Huguenots
CHAPTER FIVE
‘The Daughter Of Merchants’
CHAPTER SIX
‘The Black Queen’
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Beginning Of The End
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Grand Royal Tour
CHAPTER NINE
Escalation Of Oppression
CHAPTER TEN
The Marriage Conspiracy
CHAPTER ELEVEN
St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
CHAPTER TWELVE
Henri III, The Last Valois King
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
‘Paris Is Well Worth A Mass’
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Hopes Dashed
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The Revocation Of The Edict Of Nantes
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Braving Escape

PART TWO England 1685–1872

CHAPTER ONE
Freedom
CHAPTER TWO
The Clockmakers
CHAPTER THREE
The Court Case, And The Appeal
CHAPTER FOUR
The Downward Spiral
CHAPTER FIVE
William Louis Le Plastrier And His Brothers

PART THREE Australia 1848

CHAPTER ONE
Le Plastriers In Melbourne

Epilogue
Source Notes
Selected Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgements

Sixteenth-Century Map of France

Kings Of France From 1364
House of Valois 1328–1589
House of Lancaster 1422–1453
House of Bourbon 1589–1792

MONARCH
REIGNED FROM
DIED
Charles V
8 April 1364
16 September 1380
Charles VI
16 September 1380
21 October 1422
Henry VI i
21 October 1422 (disputed)
19 October 1453
Charles VII
21 October 1422
22 July 1461
Louis XI
22 July 1461
30 August 1483
Charles VIII
30 August1483
7 April 1498
Louis XII
7 April 1498
1 January 1515
François I
1 January 1515
31 March 1547
Henri II
31 March 1547
10 July 1559
François II
10 July 1559
5 December 1560
Charles IX
5 December 1560
30 May 1574
Henri III
30 May 1574
2 August 1589
Henri IV
2 August 1589
14 May 1610
Louis XIII
14 May 1610
14 May 1643
Louis XIV
14 May 1643
1 September 1715
Notes

i Henry VI of the House of Lancaster, grandson of Charles VI of France, by right of his father Henry V of England, who by the Treaty of Troyes became heir and regent of France.

Principal Characters
HOUSE OF VALOIS 1328 –1589 (Founded in 1284)

Charles VI, son of Charles V and Jeanne de Bourbon. Married to Isabeau of Bavaria

Charles VII, son of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria. Married to Marie d’Anjou

François I, son of Charles, Compte d’Angoulême, and Louise de Savoie. Succeeded his cousin and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without an heir. Married to Claude, Duchess of Brittany, and after her death to Eleanor of Castile

Marguerite d’Angoulême, sister of François I. Married to Henri d’Albret, King of Navarre. A Protestant sympathiser

Dauphin François, Duke of Brittany, eldest son of François I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany. Predeceased his younger brother Henri d’Orleans

Henri II, 2nd son of François I and Claude, Duchess of Brittany . Married to Catherine de Médicis, daughter of Lorenzo II de’ Medici and Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne

François II, eldest son of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Married to Mary, Queen of Scots

Charles IX, 2nd son of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Married to Elisabeth of Austria

Henri III, Duc d’Anjou, 3rd son of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Married to Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont. Henri died without an heir

François, Duc d’Alençon [known as ‘Monsieur’] later Duc d’Anjou, youngest son of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Predeceased Henri III, thereby ending the rule of the House of Valois

Elisabeth de Valois, daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Married to Philip II of Spain

Claude de Valois, daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Married to Charles III, Duc de Lorraine

Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Married to Henri de Bourbon, King of Navarre, later King Henri IV, 1st Bourbon king of France

HOUSE OF BOURBON 1272–1830

Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre, 1st prince of the blood. Married to Jeanne d’Albret, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Marguerite d’Angoulême and Henri d’Albret, King of Navarre. A Huguenot

Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, 2nd prince of the blood, brother of Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre. A prominent Huguenot leader

Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, 3rd prince of the blood, brother of Antoine de Bourbon, and Louis, Prince de Condé. Persuaded by the Guises and King Philip II of Spain to become the pretender, Charles X to keep the Protestant Henri de Bourbon off the throne

Henri de Bourbon, son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d’Albret, King and Queen of Navarre. Became king of Navarre on the death of his mother. Inherited the throne of France from Henri III in 1589 and became Henri IV, the first Protestant Bourbon king. Converted to Catholicism, and was crowned in 1594. 1st wife: Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis, 2nd wife Marie de’ Medici. He was responsible for the Edict of Nantes, signed in April 1598, granting Huguenots substantial rights

Louis XIII son of Henri IV and Marie de’ Medici. Mar

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