Henri II de Montmorency, French admiral and politician (born 1595)

Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency

French nobleman and military commander

Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency was a French nobleman and military commander. Made Grand admiral in 1612, governor of Languedoc in 1614, and by 1620 was viceroy of New France. Despite defeating a Protestant fleet and seizing islands of Ré and Oléron, Cardinal…