French Religious Wars 1562-1968. The Peace of Amboise, 12 March 1563, which ended the first religious war, held on the Isle de Boeuf, Orleans. Catherine de Medici (1519-1589), A. Louis, Prince de Conde (1530-1569) leader of the Huguenots, B. Constable Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France (1493-1767), C. Francois de Coligny, seigneur d'Andelot (1521-1569), Huguenot commander, D. Engraving by Jacques Tortorel (fl1568-1590) and Jean-Jacques Perrissin (c1536-1617) from their series on the Huguenot Wars, c1570.