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PRINCES OF CONTI - LoveToKnow Article on PRINCES OF CONTI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | FRAN0IS (1558-1614), the third son of this marriage, was given the, title of marquis dc Conti., and between 1581 and 1597 was elevated to the rank of a prince. |
 | | Conti, who belonged to the older faith, appears to have taken no part in the wars of religion until 1587, when his distrust of Henry, third duke of Guise, caused him to declare against the League, and to support Henry of Navarre, afterwards King Henry IV. |
 | | Conti, who died on the 2nd of August 1776, inherited literary tastes from his father, was a brave and skilful general, arid a diligent student of military history. |
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