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1551, Sep 19	1573-1589	1589, Aug 2

a monarch of the House of Valois who was elected the monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and ruled as King of France from 1574 until his death. He was the last French monarch of the Valois dynasty. As the fourth son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, Henry was not expected to assume the throne of France. He was thus a good candidate for the vacant Commonwealth throne, and he was elected with the dual titles King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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	10/03/1569	-	Battle of Moncontour: Henry III, Duke of Anjou, beats Huguenots	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Battle of Moncontour
	05/30/1574	-	Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Henry III of France
	06/18/1574	-	Polish/French King Henry III secretly leaves Poland after hearing of the death of his brother, Charles IX	Additional Information: France.fr: Henry III (1551-1589)
	07/07/1585	-	King Henry III and Henry I, Duke of Guise, signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Treaty of Nemours
	05/13/1588	-	French king Henry III flees Paris after the Day of the Barricades	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Day of the Barricades
	07/11/1588	-	French king Henry III accept demands of Catholic League
	08/01/1589	-	Monk Jacques Clément Henry III mortally wounds French King in assassination attempt	Additional Information: Wikipedia: Jacques Clément

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Kings of France: Chronological Last Name	Charles VIII (1483-1498): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of... Louis XII (1498-1515): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. Louis persevered in the... Francis I of France (1515-1547): the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, ... more	Charles VIII (1483-1498): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of... Louis XII (1498-1515): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1498 to 1515 and King of Naples from 1501 to 1504. Louis persevered in the... Francis I of France (1515-1547): the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of Charles, ... Henry II (1547-1559): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I, he bec... Francis II of France (1559-1560): a monarch of the House of Valois-Angoulême who was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King consort of Scotland as a result of hi... Charles IX (1560-1574): a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1560 until his death from tuberculosis. He ascended the throne of France u... Henry III (1574-1589): a monarch of the House of Valois who was elected the monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and ruled as King of Fr... Henry IV (1589-1610): 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 Bourb... Louis XIII (1610-1643): a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when th... Louis XIV (1643-1715): a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the l... Louis XV (1715-1774): a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-gran... Louis XVI (1774-1792): King of France from 1774 until his deposition in 1792, although his formal title after 1791 was King of the French. He was guillotined on 2... less

Mentions (7)
Pierre de L'Estoile
...(1574-1611) are personal accounts of the reigns of Henry III and Henry IV of France. They contain other matter...
Jean Decourt
...or 1589. Jean de Court painted in 1574 a portrait of Henry III, then Duke of Anjou.
Philippe Desportes
...Desportes, but in 1574 his patron became king of France as Henry III. He showered favours on the poet, who received,...
Henry I
...was assassinated by the bodyguards of her son, King Henry III.
Jacques Clement
a French conspirator and the killer of king Henry III. He was born at Serbonnes, in today's Yonne département, in Burgundy,... ...exterminating the Huguenots and formed a plan to assassinate Henry III. His project was encouraged by some of the...
Mencia de Mendoza
...and María de Fonseca y Toledo and married in 1524 to Henry III of Nassau-Breda.
Ambroise Pare
...role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and...

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