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1553, Dec 131572-16101610, May 14
King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Baptised as a Catholic but raised in the Protestant faith by his mother Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, he inherited the throne of Navarre in 1572 on the death of his mother. As a Huguenot, Henry was involved in the French Wars of Religion, barely escaping assassination in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, and later led Protestant forces against the royal army.
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08/18/1572-King Henry IV of France marries Margaretha van Valois 
02/03/1576-Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV of France) escapes from Paris 
02/05/1576-Henry of Navarre (future ) abjures Catholicism at Tours 
02/06/1577-King Henry IV of France becomes leader of Huguenots 
08/08/1585-Pope Sixtus V excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra ( Henry IV) 
10/20/1587-Battle of Coutras: Henry IV beats Catholic League
09/18/1589-Battle of Arques ends: French king Henry IV beats Catholic League
03/14/1590-Battle of Ivry: French King Henry IV beats Catholic League
03/01/1591-Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henry IV 
04/19/1591-Chartres surrenders to king Henry IV in France 
08/19/1591-French king Henry IV occupies Rouen 
09/21/1591-French bishops recognize Henry IV of France as French king
07/25/1593-France's Protestant King Henry IV converts to Roman Catholic
02/27/1594-Henry IV crowned king of France
03/22/1594-French King Henry IV festival in Paris 
01/17/1595-French king Henry IV declares war on Spain 
09/17/1595-Pope Clement VIII recognizes Henry IV as king of France 
09/25/1597-Amiens surrenders to French King Henry IV
03/20/1598-French king Henry IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty 
08/06/1600-Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 
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George Carew
...featuring sketches of the leading persons at the court of Henry IV.
Charles IX
...Navarre, a major Protestant nobleman and the future King Henry IV of France, in a last desperate bid to reconcile...
Agrippa d'Aubigne
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Jean II d'Estrees
...Picardie. His aunt was Gabrielle d'Estrées, lover of King Henry IV of France. Like his father François Annibal...
Pierre de L'Estoile
...are personal accounts of the reigns of Henry III and Henry IV of France. They contain other matter (sonnets, pamphlets).The...
Pierre de Lancre
...1582 he was named judge in Bordeaux, and in 1608 King Henry IV commanded him to put an end to the practice of...
Blaise de Lasseran-Massencome
..."soldier's Bible" (or "breviary," according to others), as Henry IV called it, is one of many books of memoirs...
Nicolas de Montreux
...generation of "La Pléiade") to the Bourbon court of Henry IV and the baroque, and both of these authors attempted...
Nicolas de Thou
...politics a figure instrumental in the coronation of Henry IV of France, the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty...
Nicolas des Escuteaux
...novel" (or "amours") published during the reign of Henry IV of France. Unlike these other authors, Des Escuteaux...
George , Duke of Saxony
...happening. Under the Act of Settlement of 1499, Lutheran Henry IV became the new duke. Upon his accession, Henry...
Pope Gregory XIV
...of Spain and the duke of Mayenne, he excommunicated Henry IV of France on 1 March 1591, reiterating the 1585 declaration...
John Hayward
...Henrie IV - a treatise dealing with the accession of Henry IV and the deposition of Richard II - dedicated to...
Francois Hotman
...purpose of the Jesuits in their pamphlet war against Henry IV of France.
Pope Innocent IX
...cause of Philip II and the Catholic League against Henry IV of France (1589–1610) in the French Wars of Religion...
Barthelemy de Laffemas
...ideas may have been required to receive support from Henry IV. They acted as a balance to those of Sully, more...
King Louis XIII
...became king of France and Navarre after his father Henry IV was assassinated. His mother, Marie de' Medici, acted...
Nicolas de Montreux
...generation of "La Pléiade") to the Bourbon court of Henry IV and the baroque, and both of these authors attempted...
Philippe de Mornay
...the "Huguenot pope". He was bitterly disappointed by Henry IV's abjuration of Protestantism in 1593 and gradually...
Marguerite de Navarre
...d'Albret, whose son, Henry of Navarre, succeeded as Henry IV of France, the first Bourbon king. As an author and...
Frans Pourbus the Younger
...costume, jewellry and draperies (as in his portrait of Henry IV of France).
Barthelemy Prieur
...in the Louvre Museum, and was named sculptor to king Henry IV in 1591. He restored the Roman marble now called...
Pope Sixtus V
...and he excommunicated both Elizabeth I of England and Henry IV of France. He is recognized as a significant figure...
Emmanuel Theaulon
...d’Henri IV (The Keys of Paris, or the Deservings of Henry IV), in their honour. In 1815, he composed and organised...
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