Henry IV Of France - Before CGI

Henry IV of France was also pretty well-known under the name of 'Good King Henry'. His subjects seemed to fall at his feet during his rule of Navarre from 1572 to 1610, during which time he kept the throne warm as the King of France from 1589 to 1610. What happened after 1610? Yeah you guessed it, Kings don't tend to live after they've been dethroned, do they?

King Henry IV made history in his involvement with the French Wars of Religion, and as you can imagine, he made a fair few Catholic enemies waging that war, which led to his attempted assassination in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. He was eventually executed by a catholic fanatic named François Ravaillac on the third attempt on his life. What a price to pay for religious tolerance, eh?

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