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Louise de Coligny
Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 9 November 1620) was a Princess consort of Orange as the fourth and last spouse of William the Silent. She was the daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny and Charlotte de Laval.
Biography.
Louise was born at Châtillon-sur-Loing. Her parents saw to it that she received a humanist education. 
When she was sixteen, she married Protestant Charles de Téligny (1571). Both he and her father were murdered at the St. Bartholomew
and Admiral of Brittany. Her mother died on 19 April 1538, leaving Charlotte an orphan at the age of eight.
Marriage and issue.
On 15 October 1547 at Fontainebleau, Charlotte married Gaspard de Coligny, Seigneur de Châtillon who would be appointed Admiral of France in 1552. He succeeded Claude d'Annebault as admiral following the latter's death. Their principal residence was the Château de Châtillon-Coligny. Gaspard and Charlotte had three children:
- Louise de Coligny (23 September 1555 – 13 November 1620),