[1] Born on 15 June 1534, Henri was the son of Anne de Montmorency[2] and Madeleine of Savoy.

[3] They accused Henri of being betraying the city and being in league with Protestants like his cousin Admiral Coligny.

[3] In October 1574 he joined with the Protestants of lower Languedoc, was deprived of his office by the Parlement of Toulouse, and arrests were made of his associates charged with conspiracy against the king.

[5] As a leader of the party called the Politiques he took a prominent part in the French Wars of Religion.

[7] Henri was purportedly a Grand Master of the Order of the Temple, according to the Charter of Larmenius.