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Henry III (French: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; Polish: Henryk Walezy; Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.
Henry III was the king of France from 1574, under whose reign the prolonged crisis of the Wars of Religion was made worse by dynastic rivalries arising because the male line of the Valois dynasty was going to die out with him.
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Although a supporter of Henry III, even L'Estoile comments that Henry's behavior at the death of Quélus (Caylus)—remaining by his bedside, kissing him, retrieving the earrings Henry gave him, and taking a lock of his hair—was not fitting for a king.
Died on: August 2, 1589. place of death: Château de Saint-Cloud, France. Cause of Death: Assassination. Recommended Lists: French People. French Emperors & Kings. French Historical Personalities. Childhood & Early Life.
Apr 4, 2014 · King Henry III of France, who reigned from 1574 to 1589, is not well known in the English-speaking world. However, in November 1989, Mark Greengrass evoked vividly in History Today the king’s assassination four centuries earlier.
Henry had the Duke of Guise murdered in 1588 and was in turn assassinated by Jacques Clément, a Catholic fanatic, in 1589. He was succeeded by the King of Navarre who, as Henry IV, assumed the throne of France as the first king of the House of Bourbon and eventually converted to Catholicism.
Aug 31, 2022 · Henry III was the King of France from 1574 to 1589, when he was assassinated by a Catholic radical. After Charles IX, Henry III of France, the King of France, confronted the same...
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