He served in India and North America during the War of Independence. After retiring to his lands in Anjou, he took part in the Vendée insurrection. He played an essential role in the first months of the conflict. A fine strategist, he put his talents as an organizer to use in Torfou against Kléber. He becomes leader of the Vendeans. But he is mortally wounded in Cholet. Before his death, he obtained the release of 4,000 Republican prisoners whom the Vendeans wanted to execute.
The Renaissance in France is often reduced to the reign of King François I, a sort of prosperous period before the horror of the Wars of Religion. However, it is more accurate to begin this period with Charles VIII, the first king of the Renaissance, and to conclude it with Henry II. For political r