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| 1566 births | |
| soissons, charles de bourbon, comte de | |
| 1612 deaths | |
| counts of soissons | |
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Born in Nogent-le-Rotrou , he joined the Catholic League during the French Wars Of Religion (although the rest of his family was Protestant ), but was later won over by his cousin Henri IV ( 1587 ) who later converted to Catholicism. Henri IV made him governor of the Province of Brittany ( 1589 ), and later of the province of Dauphiné ( 1602 ). Governor of the province of Normandy in 1610 , he opposed the policy of the regent Marie De Médicis , widow of Henri IV. He died in Blandy ( Seine-et-Marne '' Département '') in 1612 . CHILDREN Louis De Bourbon, Comte De Soissons ( 1604 - 1641 ) |