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POLTROT, JEAN DE (c. 15371563) , sieur de Mere or Mercy, a nobleman of Angoumois, who murdered Francis, duke of Guise. He had lived some time in Spain, and his knowledge of Spanish, together with his swarthy complexion, which earned him the nickname of the " Espagnolet," procured him employment as a spy in the wars against Spain. Becoming a fanatical Huguenot, he determined to kill the duke of Guise, and gained admission as a deserter to the camp of the Catholics who were besieging Orleans. In the evening of the 18th of February
pistol
drawn
March
punishment . The horses not being able to drag off his limbs, he was hacked to pieces with cutlasses. He had made several contradictory declarations regarding the complicity of Coligny. The admiral
foundation .See Memoires du prince de Conde (London, 1743) ; T. A. D'Aubigne, Histoire universelle (ed. by de Ruble, Soc. de l'histoire de France, 1886) ; A. de Ruble, L'Assassinat du duc Francois de Lorraine
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