Alençon, and he fled court in February. Shortly after his departure, the favourites of Henri began quarrelling with those of the duke of Guise. At 5am on 27 April, members of the two groups of favourites met for a duel. On one side was Caylus, with Maugiron and Livarot as his seconds. On the other side was Entraguet, with Ribérac and Schomberg as his seconds. The two sides met at the horse market near porte Saint-Antoine, in the hopes of settling a dispute that had nominally arisen over a woman, according to Brantôme. The king's favourites had been angling to strip Guise of his office of grand maître so that it might be given to Caylus, and it is possible this was also a factor in the duel. The duel was kept a secret from the court, as the king had intervened to stop a previous duel that had been arranged between the favourites on 2 April. In the rapier combat that followed, Maugiron was killed on the field, and Caylus wounded in such a way as to linger on for a month before dying. For the duke of Guise, Ribérac died the next day. Livarot for his part was the only favourite of the king to survive the encounter, he had squared off against Schomberg during the engagement, and it was from him that he received a severe blow to the head, that would keep him convalescing for the next six weeks. In return for the blow to his head, Livarot delivered a blow to Schomberg's heart, killing him on the field. During the weeks that followed Livarot found himself on the edge of life and death. 15 days after the duel, the Guise family departed en masse from court. At some point in the year 1578, Livarot received the honour of becoming a captain of light horse. He combined this with his previous authority over 100 men-at-arms. Seventh war of religion In 1580, he fought under the command of Mayenne in Dauphiné, during the seventh war of religion. Mayenne hoped to defeat the Protestant overall commander in the region Lesdiguières. Together they fought at the siege of La Mure in October. During the conflict he was engaged in combat with the Protestant captain Aspremont. Feeling confident in his personal combat ability, he challenged Aspremont to come out from the town and duel him, however Aspremont declined. To rally