Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kisan gillar Henry III a 1589, yana daga cikin na farko da ya goyi bayan dalilin Henry na Navarre, amma ana zarginsa da tsawaita yakin basasa a cikin son ransa. Ya kawo wani ɓangare na Normandy a ƙarƙashin biyayya, kuma ya hana Henry daga shiga Ingila. Ya yi fice a yakin Arques da Ivry
a kan kungiyar Katolika. An kashe Gontaud ta hanyar bindiga a lokacin kewaye Épernay a ranar 26 ga Yuli 1592.