Editing L'Escalade (section)

==Background==
For years, the duke coveted the wealth of Geneva. When Charles Emmanuel came to the throne of the [[House of Savoy]] in 1580, he aimed to make Geneva his capital north of the [[Alps]] and crush Protestantism. [[Pope Clement VIII]] offered encouragement, and in 1602 he appointed [[Francis de Sales]] as Catholic bishop of Geneva. Sales was an effective preacher who had recently{{when?|date=November 2023}} been successful in re-Catholicizing the [[Chablais]] district of [[Savoy]] on the south side of Lake Geneva.{{fact|date=November 2023}}