photoencounters:Fatal jousting tournament between Henri II and Gabriel Montgomery, Lord of Lorges, a
photoencounters:Fatal jousting tournament between Henri II and Gabriel Montgomery, Lord of Lorges, artist unknown, 16th century, German print. King Henry was mortally wounded by the lance of Montgomery, captain of the King’s Scottish Guard. Henry suffered a mortal head wound from a lance fragment and, despite the efforts of royal surgeon Ambroise Paré, he died on 10 July 1559 from septicemia and was buried in a cadaver tomb in Saint Denis Basilica. Henry’s death was a factor in the end of jousting as a sport. -- source link