In January 1562, Catherine de 'Medici, attempting to solve the religious turmoil that had been engulfing France, promulgated the Edict of January which granted limited toleration to France's Huguenots. The edict faced immediate resistance, and shortly thereafter, Francis, Duke of Guise oversaw the Massacre of Vassy against a Huguenot congregation, the inciting incident in the first French War of Religion. No sooner had conflict begun with Louis, Prince of Condé's seizure of Orléans, than both sides began to send out peace feelers to each other, however attempts to negotiate an end from 18–28 May failed. The Huguenots insisted on the removal of Guise from court, however this was an impossible demand for the crown to accept. Further attempts at negotiations continued into June between Anne de Montmorency and Condé but the terms, including the banning of all preachers from France, and the removal of the Protestant princes from the country until the King reached his majority, were unacceptable to Condé. With the loss of Antoine of Navarre at the Siege of Rouen and then Jacques d'Albon, Seigneur de Saint André on the field at the Battle of Dreux, the prospect of negotiated peace began to dwindle as the crowns war effort became monopolised under the Duke of Guise, who desired a total victory at Orléans. Continued attempts in November as Conde approached Paris were less sincere offers from the crown than tactics to stall his approach until reinforcements could arrive. With Guise's assassination at the culmination of the siege, peace once more became possible, as the demoralised royal army was unable to press its advantage and achieve total victory.