cautious campaign. Captivity In the campaign of 1557, the French army under Montmorency was brought to battle while trying to relieve the siege of Saint-Quentin and annihilated by the duke of Savoy; among the many notables captured on the field were Montmorency and Saint André. Phillip II was keenly aware of the value of the two prisoners to Henri, among his many other noble captives, as such he paroled Saint André in 1558 to bring the king on board with the Spanish peace terms. Saint André would be ransomed for 50,0000 écus in March 1559. Death of the king Diane and Saint André keenly encouraged Henri in his repression of Protestantism, advocating for the Edict of Compiègne and Edict of Ecouen in early 1559. Saint André represented the king as one of his principle negotiators during the peace talks that followed his release. At the peace celebration for the conclusion of the Italian Wars in 1559, Henri was killed in an accident during a joust by his opponent Montgommery. Saint André was one of the three guards of honour who stood over the body for the forty days preceding the funeral, alongside Montmorency and Coligny. Reign of François II Saint André was among those who maintained access to power after the accidental death of Henri II. As an ally of Guise, he was not sent away from court at the beginning of the new reign. The administration was however in dire straits, and in the general repossession of alienated royal land in the opening months of François' reign, he would lose the seigneurie of Saint-Seine-sur-Vigeanne. Conspiracy of Amboise Opposition to the Guise administration coalesced into a conspiracy in early 1560, with armed groups attempting to storm the court while it stayed at the castle of Amboise. On March 15 Saint André was sent out from the castle with 200 horse, and permission to requisition local garrisons for men at arms, to ensure Tours was securely held by the regime. With Condé's involvement in the conspiracy suspected, and subsequently confirmed in relation to a planned uprising in Lyons, Navarre and Condé were summoned to present themselves at court to answer the accusations of their involvement in seditious activities. Saint André provided his support to the king, flanking him during the icy meeting with the renegade princes. Reign of Charles IX Alienation With the crown increasingly tolerating the presence of Protestantism, under