Marriages and Issue
By his first wife, Charlotte de Laval (1530-1568), Gaspard had several children:
- Louise, who married first Charles de Téligny and afterwards William the Silent, Prince of Orange;
- François, Admiral of Guienne, who was one of the devoted servants of Henry IV (Gaspard de Coligny (1584–1646), son of this François, was Marshal of France during the reign of Louis XIII); and
- Charles (1564-1632), Marquis d'Andelot, a Lieutenant General in Champagne.
By his second wife, Jacqueline de Montbel (1541-1588), the Countess d'Entremont and Launay-Gelin, Gaspard had one daughter, Beatrice, who became Beatrice de Coligny (b. 1572), Countess d'Entremont.
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