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Sully — Henry IV’s minister, a Protestant who stayed Protestant
A companion in arms of the king of Navarre since childhood, he restored the finances of a kingdom ruined by thirty years of civil war. He advised his master to abjure without abjuring himself, and his disgrace followed close on the murder of the man he served. (Editorial synthesis)
Sully was born on 13 December 1559 (Julian calendar). (source: Archives nationales)
Sully was born in Rosny-sur-Seine. (source: Larousse)
Sully died on 22 December 1641. (source: BnF)
Sully died in Villebon. (source: Larousse)
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