Biron, Armand

DE GONTAUT, BARON DE, ( be - rawng ',) Marshal of France, B. about 1524. He served as page to the Queen of Navarre, and was early admitted to the service of the King of France. He took a prominent part in the civil wars of Huguenot and Catholic, and served at the battles of Dreux, St. Denis, and Mon contour. He negotiated the peace of St. Germain, and narrowly escaped at the ma acre of St. Bartholomew. Here covered Guienne and Langue doc from the Protestants, served in the Netherlands against the Duke of Parma, and was one of the first to recognize Henry IV. as king. He distinguished himself at the battle of Arques, the first siege of Paris, and the battle of Ivry, and was killed at the siege of Epernay in 1592.