Catherine, knowing that she would be discovered, played on her son's fears and instabilities by telling him that the Huguenots were plotting to retaliate against him. In an outburst of rage, Charles ordered the deaths of the Huguenot leaders, including Coligny, and the massacre of St.

What did Gaspard de Coligny do?

Gaspard de Coligny (16 February 1519 – 24 August 1572), Seigneur de Châtillon, was a French nobleman and Admiral of France, best remembered as a disciplined Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion and a close friend of—and advisor to—the French king, Charles IX.

What caused St Bartholomew's Day massacre?

The situation for Protestants in France, who were called Huguenots, was particularly harsh. ... The treaty ended the war and allowed new freedoms to the Protestant minority, which enraged the hard-line Catholics within the royal court. That simmering anger ultimately led to the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre.