 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisana kukuru kwehondo kwakaitika paRouen, Dreux, neOrléans. Pakukombwa kweRouen May-October 1562, korona yakadzorera guta racho, asi Antoine weNavarre akafa nemaronda ake. Muhondo yeDreux December 1562, Condé akabatwa neGuises, uye Montmorency, gavhuna mukuru, akabatwa nevaya vaipikisa korona. Muna February 1563, paKukombwa kweOrléans, Francis, Duke weGuise, akapfurwa ndokuurawa naHuguenot Jean de Poltrot de Méré. Sezvo akaurawa kunze kwokurwisana zvakananga, vaGuise vakafunga kuti uku kwaiva kuponda kwakanga kwaitwa nomurayiro womuvengi womuchinda, Admiral Coligny. Kusagadzikana kwevanhu kwakakonzerwa nekupondwa kwacho, pamwe chete nekuramba kweguta reOrléans pakukombwa, zvakaita kuti Catherine de Medici ave murevereri wezororo, zvichiguma neChirevo cheAmboise musi wa19 Kurume 1563. 