Facts: - death place: chatillon - caption: studio of jan antonisz van ravesteyn - death date: 4 january 1646 -lrb- aged 61 -rrb- - allegiance: france - relations: house of coligny - nickname: '' marechal de chatillon '' - awards: peer of france - birth date: 26 july 1584 - name: gaspard iv de coligny - image: gaspard de coligny 1584-1646 . jpg - birth place: montpellier - rank: marshal of france Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gaspard iii de coligny .
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gaspard iii de coligny , marechal de chatillon , of the house of coligny -lrb- 26 july 1584 , montpellier-4 january 1646 , chatillon -rrb- , comte de coligny and seigneur de chatillon-sur-loing , then duc de coligny , marquis d'andelot , peer of france , marshal of france -lrb- 1622 -rrb- , was a french protestant general .he was the son of francois de coligny -lrb- 1557 -- 1591 -rrb- and his wife marguerite d'ailly , and the grandson of admiral gaspard de coligny .during the thirty years ' war , he won the battle of les avins against a spanish army under thomas francis , prince of carignano .on 6 july 1641 , gaspard de coligny commanded the army of louis xiii at the battle of la marfee , where he was defeated .