A Royal House (6)
La Rochelle, a city on the western coast of France, housed some of the most important—and hated—Huguenots in France: Prince de Condé, Admiral Coligny, and Jeanne d’Albret. La Rochelle could not escape being the target of the Catholic Queen Mother of France and of her son, the very young King Charles IX. Armies were on their way. Louis de Bourbon, the Prince of Condé, was a talented general who went out to meet the challenge. On March 13, 1569, the armies clashed in Jarnak, near a river outside...