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Henry IV at the Battle of Arques Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry, by Peter Paul Rubens. When Henry III died, his ninth cousin once removed, Henry of Navarre, nominally became king of France. The Catholic League, however, strengthened by foreign support—especially from Spain—was strong enough to prevent a universal recognition of his new title.
Jacques Clément, who assassinated King Henry III of France in 1589. Jean Châtel, who attempted to assassinate King Henry IV of France in 1595. Michael Piekarski, who, inspired by Ravaillac, attempted to assassinate Sigismund III of Poland in 1620. Robert-François Damiens, who attempted to assassinate King Louis XV of France in 1757.
Henry IV inherited the throne after the assassination of Henry III, the last Valois king, who died without children. Henry was already King of Navarre , as the successor of his mother, Jeanne d'Albret , but he owed his succession to the throne of France to the line of his father, Antoine of Bourbon , an agnatic descendant of Louis IX .
Pierre Barrière (born?, died August 31, 1593) was a would-be assassin of King Henry IV of France.. Barrière attempted an assassination of Henry IV on 27 August 1593. [1] His assassination attempt failed when he was denounced by a Dominican priest to whom he had confessed.
The Battle of Ivry was fought on 14 March 1590, during the French Wars of Religion.The battle was a decisive victory for Henry IV of France, leading French royal and English forces against the Catholic League by the Duc de Mayenne and Spanish forces under the Count of Egmont.
Marking on the street showing where the assassination of Henry IV took place. Henry IV of France was assassinated by Ravaillac on May 14, 1610 [1] A marking on the street at no. 11 shows where the event took place. One of the longest buildings in Paris is located on 2-4-6-8-10-12-14 rue de la Ferronnerie. [2]
May 14 – King Henry IV of France is assassinated in Paris by François Ravaillac, a French Catholic activist who resents the Protestant monarch's decision to launch a war against the Catholic Spanish Netherlands. Ravaillac rushes up to a horse-drawn carriage and stabs King Henry in the chest. Henry's 8-year-old son becomes King Louis XIII ...
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