Hello All, Thank you to Howard for his 'point' toward an interesting website. I do note that once again a difference this time in birth dates of the great hero DE COLIGNY Once again there is mention of a second wife. Is this a case of "if enough people say something is right then it is ?" As for Tony's thoughts, I too agree with the notion that there is a difficulty with the lineage of a supposed adopted child of a supposed second wife. I shall remain hopeful and with patience that we can come to a unanimous conclusion to resolve this issue. It is rather difficult to begin a short work on Gaspard, the second one, if one cannot even get the date of birth correct. Kind Regards, Peter Leroy

Hi Peter and all, From: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:28 PM > Hello All, > > Thank you to Howard for his 'point' toward an > interesting website. I do note that once again a > difference this time in birth dates of the great hero > DE COLIGNY Here is what I've seen: Peter (source unnamed): 16th of February 1519. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1974): 16 Feb 1519 Leo van de Pas (web site prev. mentioned): 16 Feb 1516 Europäische Stammtafeln (vol XIV, table 61): 17.II 1518 New Style (By New Style, I assume they mean the year begins Jan 1; which will make the 2nd month Feb.) [Yes, you got me curious enough to go to the library. :) ] It is a puzzlement. From this site: http://www.genfair.com/dates.htm I see that France changed to Jan 1 as New Years Day in 1564. So, I wondered if some calendar interpretation problems could account for the difference between 1518 and 1519; but I can't come up with a scenario that would account for it. > Once again there is mention of a second wife. Is this a > case of "if enough people say something is right then > it is ?" No, it seems well documented. Europäische Stammtafeln also shows that he married secondly at La Rochelle 25.III 1571 Jacqueline de Montbel, countess d'Entremont (his first wife died at Orléans 3.III 1568) Regards, Howard [email protected]