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'''Huguenots''' were mostly [[Calvinist]] [[Protestants]] in [[France]].  They faced persecution, but were later protected by the [[Edict of Orléans]] in 1561.  Further warfare and persecution followed.  The [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1592 once again put an end to persecution, but it was revoked in 1685.  Most Huguenots eventually fled France for other countries.

'''Huguenots''' were mostly [[Calvinist]] [[Protestants]] in [[Old Regime]] France.  They faced persecution, but were later protected by the [[Edict of Orléans]] in 1561.  Further warfare and persecution followed.  The [[Edict of Nantes]] in 1592 once again put an end to persecution, but it was revoked in 1685.  Most Huguenots eventually fled France for other countries.

In 1564, the Huguenots established the first settlement in [[North America]], at Fort Caroline on the St. John's River in [[Florida]]<ref>Main page of Conservapedia</ref>.  

In 1564, the Huguenots established the first settlement in [[North America]], at Fort Caroline on the St. John's River in [[Florida]]<ref>Main page of Conservapedia</ref>.  

Characterised by their intrinsic pride, diligence and honesty, they initially strove to maintain their own identify at first, but soon intermarried with the other colonists to eventually become just South Africans. Within two generations even their home language, French, had largely disappeared. However, their legacy lives on in the names found amongst the white inhabitants, such as du Preez, Theron, du Toit, Malan and others that have been localised such as Cronjé, Viljoen and Malherbe. Together with their [[Dutch]] counterparts and their shared [[Calvinist]] beliefs, they laid the foundation for what would later become the [[Afrikaner]].<ref>Lynne Bryer and Francois Theron: The Huguenots and their Heritage, Chameleon Press 1987</ref>

Characterised by their intrinsic pride, diligence and honesty, they initially strove to maintain their own identify at first, but soon intermarried with the other colonists to eventually become just South Africans. Within two generations even their home language, French, had largely disappeared. However, their legacy lives on in the names found amongst the white inhabitants, such as du Preez, Theron, du Toit, Malan and others that have been localised such as Cronjé, Viljoen and Malherbe. Together with their [[Dutch]] counterparts and their shared [[Calvinist]] beliefs, they laid the foundation for what would later become the [[Afrikaner]].<ref>Lynne Bryer and Francois Theron: The Huguenots and their Heritage, Chameleon Press 1987</ref>

 

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