Charles II de Luxembourg

Charles II de Luxembourg
Count of Brienne
Brienne's coat of arms
Born	c. 1558
Died	c. 1608
Spouse	Anne-Marie de La Valette
House	House of Luxembourg
Father	John III, Count of Ligny

Charles II de Luxembourg, count of Brienne (c. 1558–c. 1608)^[1] was a French noble, prince étranger and military commander during the latter French Wars of Religion. The son of John III, Count of Ligny, he inherited the valuable county on his father's death in 1576. In 1583, he married a sister of Épernon, tying their two families together. Thereafter he became a client of the Épernon, and was desired by the duke to serve as Governor of Metz.

In early 1589, with his patron in internal exile, he represented his interests in Touraine. With Jean VI d'Aumont he was involved in the royalist recapture of Angoulême. On 28 April, his position was betrayed and his small scouting force was attacked by troops under the Catholic ligue lieutenant-general Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne, in the ensuing combat Brienne was captured, and sent back to Paris as a valuable prisoner. Imprisoned in the Louvre, he was approach by Jacques Clément a Dominican Friar who pretended to be a royalist that desired to cross the siege lines to the king Henri. Brienne produced a passport for him, and Clément travelled to the king. Having achieved an audience with him, Clément stabbed the king in the stomach, Henri died the following day.