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Henry III of France. (Former King of France (1574 - 1589) and Former King of Poland (1573 - 1575)) Henry III of France was the last King of France of the House of Valois. He ruled as the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1573 to 1575 and the King of France from 1574 until his death.
May 14, 2018 · HENRY III (FRANCE) (1551 – 1589), king of France. Henry III was the last of the Valois dynasty and has claim to be the only intellectual to have ruled France.
The Assassination of Henry III of France. 'For sale, our tyrant King! Five shillings and you can string him up'. Mark Greengrass probes the motives behind and reaction to the murder of France's last Valois monarch. Mark Greengrass | Published in History Today Volume 39 Issue 11 November 1989.
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. Quick Facts King of France (more...), Reign ... Close.
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. As he pointed out, Henry was the first king of France to suffer such a fate.
Henry III of France (September 19, 1551 – August 2, 1589) was a King of France and a member of the House of Valois. He was also a King of Poland . Birth. Henry was born in Fontainbleau, France, on September 19, 1551. His parents were Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici. He was Catherine de Medici's favourite son. Marriage.
Mar 6, 2015 · Few monarchs have received as much bad press over the centuries as Henry III of France. His popular image was largely shaped by the pamphlet wars that raged during the French Wars of Religion as well as by historians writing in highly confessionalized historiographical contexts.
