Nineteenth-century illustration of Maurevert's attempted assassination of Admiral Coligny
Died
14 April 1583 Kingdom of France
Spouse(s)
Marguerite Acqunio (d. 1579)
Charles de Louviers, sieur de Maurevert (French pronunciation:[ʃaʁldəluvje]; (d. 14 April 1583) was a French noble and assassin during the French Wars of Religion, whose failed assassination of Admiral Coligny led to the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew. Maurevert was from a prominent Champagne family in a region that was increasingly torn apart by intra-family conflict. He served as a page for the Guise family in his youth before committing a murder that forced him to go on the run. By 1569 he had converted to Protestantism and was serving under the seigneur de Mouy in their rebel army. Deciding to kill his commanding officer, he took the body over to the Catholic camp and was rewarded with money and a knighthood.
In 1572, he tried to assassinate Admiral Coligny, however, his bullets were unable to fatally wound Coligny, and he was forced to flee the capital. The failed assassination led to angry recriminations among the leading nobles, which pushed the court towards a policy of elimination of the Protestant noble leadership. Maurevert meanwhile received a pension from the Duke of Guise in 1573, and then a royal pension upon Henri III's ascension in 1575. His relations with his family were poor and he murdered a cousin in 1574. Increasingly paranoid he went everywhere with guards and chainmail. In 1583, the son of his first assassination victim caught up with him, and they both died in the subsequent engagement on 14 April 1583.
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