Lord Robert Ryves, I

1440 - 1510  (70 years)

• Name	Lord Robert Ryves
  Suffix	I
  Birth	1440	Languedoc-Roussillon, France
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Huguenot Exile  [1]
  		Cross-Huguenot
  Death	1510	Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
  Person ID	I5535	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Ryves,   b. 1420, France d. 1447, England (Age 27 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F14085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Maria Juliana Morres,   b. 1440, Languedoc-Roussillon, France d. 12 Dec 1560, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England (Age 120 years)
  Children	1. Lord Robert Ryves, II,   b. 1465, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England d. 1551, Blandford Forum, Dorset, England (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1440 - Languedoc-Roussillon, France Death - 1510 - Blandford Forum, Dorset, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Arms-RYVES Ryves Coat of Arms
  		Cross-Huguenot

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  History-Huguenots of France The Huguenots of France

  
  

• Sources

  [S4240] Huguenots of France, Huguenots of France. The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the Calvinists. French Protestants were inspired by the writings of John Calvin in the 1530s, and they were called Huguenots by the 1560s. By the end of the 17th century, roughly 200,000 Huguenots had been driven from France during a series of religious persecutions. They relocated primarily to Protestant nations including England, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland, the Dutch Republic, the Electorate of Brandenburg, Electoral Palatinate (both Holy Roman Empire), and the Duchy of Prussia, and also to South Africa and North America. As the Huguenots gained influence and displayed their faith more openly, Roman Catholic hostility to them grew, even though the French crown offered increasingly liberal political concessions and edicts of toleration. In 1561, the Edict of Orleans declared an end to the persecution, and the Edict of Saint-Germain of January 1562 formally recognized the Huguenots for the first time. However, these measures disguised the growing tensions between Protestants and Catholics. History-Huguenots of France The Huguenots of France