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- Les Mignons (from mignon, French for "the darlings" or "the dainty ones") was a term used by polemicists in the contentious atmosphere of the French Wars of Religion and taken up by the people of Paris, to designate the favourites of Henry III of France, from his return from Poland to reign in France in 1574, to his assassination in 1589, a disastrous end to which the perception of effeminate weakness contributed.
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Les Mignons (from mignon, French for "the darlings" or "the dainty ones") was a term used by polemicists in the contentious atmosphere of the French Wars of Religion and taken up by the people of Paris, to designate the favourites of Henry III of France, from his return from Poland to reign in France in 1574, to his assassination in 1589, a ...
Jun 27, 2020 · By 1577, a police edict admitted that banned satires were selling better than ever, circulated by itinerant peddlers. Both in words and images, the strongest attacks excoriated the “effeminacy” of Henri and his immediate circle, the “ mignons .”.
Reports that Henry engaged in same-sex relations with his court favourites, known as the mignons, date back to his own time. He was known to have enjoyed intense relationships with them. [9] The scholar Louis Crompton maintains that all of the contemporary rumours were true. [10]
- 30 May 1574 – 2 August 1589
- Catherine de' Medici
Henry Iii (france), 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…
Mar 6, 2015 · Many of Henry’s infamous Mignons, for instance, built up their relationships with Henry during his brief kingship of Poland (1573–75). Henry’s lifetime (1551–89) spanned one of the most complicated periods in French history.
- Jonas Van Tol
- 2015
Although no concrete proof exists to establish that Henry III had sexual relations with his mignons, it was reported that while in Poland Henry had a same-sex relationship, initiated by a member of his entourage.
Jan 29, 2021 · January 29, 2021 Renaissance. A miniature portrait has been identified as a rare surviving image of King Henry III of France. Just over two inches tall, the portrait was billed as an image of Sir Walter Raleigh when it was sold sight unseen in the English countryside during lockdown last year.
