Jacques Clément
Male, Deceased Person
1567 – 1589
Who was Jacques Clément?
Jacques Clément was a French conspirator and the killer of the French king Henry III.
He was born at Serbonnes, in today's Yonne département, in Burgundy, and became a Dominican lay brother.
During the French Wars of Religion, Clément became fanatically religious and an ardent partisan of the Catholic League. Viewing Protestantism as heresy, he talked of exterminating the Huguenots and formed a plan to kill Henry III. His project was encouraged by some of the heads of the League, in particular Catherine de Guise, the Duchess Montpensier. He was assured of worldly rewards if he succeeded and of eternal bliss if he failed. Having obtained letters for the king, he left Paris on 31 July 1589 and reached Saint-Cloud, the headquarters of Henry, who was besieging Paris, on 1 August 1589.
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- Born
- 1567
Serbonnes - Also known as
- Jacques Clement
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Aug 1, 1589
Saint-Cloud
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on July 23, 2013
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