Besançon Hugues

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Besançon Hugues (1487 – 1532) was a Swiss political and religious leader who was a member of the Grand Council of

, which led to the independence of Geneva in 1526.

He was a supporter of

in his city.

Following the attainment of independence in 1526, Hugues supported the holding of fair trial proceedings for the

, but died without any success.

His brother Guillaume Hugues was also a Grand Council member but was more positive towards the Protestants.

When resigning his posts in 1532, he cited family problems as the reason for this, but some scholars^[1] have suggested the real reason being his inability to cooperate with Protestants.

See also

• Huguenots#Etymology

Notes