Events of the year 1626 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XIII
Events February: Peace of Paris: The Huguenots agree to leave the islands of Olèron and Ré they've occupied since 1625 in exchange for keeping their fortified towns and the right to continue their worship.Moote, A. Lloyd: "Louis XIII, the Just", p.181-182 May: Treaty of Monzon: The French and their allies, the Grisons, gain overlordship over the Val Tellina pass, an important pass through the Alps they've been fighting for with the Spaniards and the Papal troops for roughly a year Moote, A. Lloyd: "Louis XIII, the Just", chap. 9 May-19 August: Chalais conspiracy: A group of illustrious nobles, including Marie de Rohan-Montbazon, Duchess of Chevreuse; Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais, First Gentleman of the Chamber and César de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, Governor of Brittany, with Gaston, Duke of Orléans and his governor Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano as the instigators, are plotting against the king and Cardinal Richelieu.A. Lloyd Moote: "Louis XIII, the Just", p.189-192 5 August: Gaston, Duke of Orléans marries Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of MontpensierA. Lloyd Moote: "Louis XIII, the Just", p.192
Births
Madame de Sévigné (died 1696)
Deaths July: Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano dies in prison as a result of kidney and bladder ailments after having been arrested for taking part in the Chalais conspiracyA. Lloyd Moote: "Louis XIII, the Just", p. 190-191 19 August: Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais is executed at Nantes as the (proclaimed) main instigator of the Chalais conspiracy
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