Malchior Caille was born about 1583, in Var, France. He married Louise on 25 April 1602, in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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Under the rule of Henry IV of France the Edict of Nantes was issued giving the people some religious liberty. The edict brought an end to the religious wars that were going on at the time.
Reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Royal power at its peak. France dominates Europe, French culture spreads. Start of large-scale sea trade.
Ferdinand II was trying to force the people to follow Catholicism. The 30 years war was a battle of religion with the Protestants and Catholics, in the Holy Roman Empire.
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French:
topographic name for a person living on a patch of pebbly or stony soil, from Old French caillou ‘pebble, stone’, a word of Celtic origin. Compare Lacaille 2.
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