Amboise conspiracy
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The Amboise conspiracy, also called Tumult of Amboise, was a failed attempt by Huguenots in 1560 to gain power of France by abducting the young king, Francis II and arresting Francis, Duke of Guise and his brother, the Cardinal of Lorraine). It was one of the events directly leading up to the Wars of Religion that divided France from 1562 to 1598.
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