Gaspard de Saulx | |
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| Seigneur de Tavannes | |
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| Other titles | Marshal of France |
| Born | March 1509 Dijon, Kingdom of France |
| Died | June 1573 (aged 64) Château de Sully, Kingdom of France |
| Family | Famille de Saulx |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Issue | Guillaume de Saulx |
| Father | Jean de Saulx |
| Mother | Marguerite de Tavannes |
Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes (March 1509–June 1573) was a French Roman Catholic military leader during the Italian Wars and the French Wars of Religion. He served under four kings during his career, participating in the Siege of Calais (1558) and leading the royal army to victory in the third civil war at the Jarnac and Moncontour. A strong Catholic, he founded the confraternity of the holy ghost in 1567 which would be a template for other militant Catholic organisations across France. He died in 1573, shortly after the opening assassinations of the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew, which he had helped plan.