Henri IV Le Grand
BY: HARMON BOYD
Henri IV Le Grand
 His name was Henri IV Le Grand
 Nickname was Henry the Great(King of
Navare Henry III)
Date of Birth,Death,and
Birthplace
 He was born in December 13,1553-May
14,1610
 Birthplace: Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques,
France
 His cause of death was from assassination on
May14-1610.
Description:
 Henry IV (13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610) was King of France
from 1589 to 1610 and (as Henry III) King of Navarre from 1572 to
1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the
Capetian dynasty in France. His parents were Queen Jeanne III
and King Antoine of Navarre.
As a Huguenot, Henry was involved in the Wars of Religion before
ascending the throne in 1589. Before his coronation as king of
France at Chartres, he d his faith from Calvinism to Catholicism
and, in 1598, he enacted the Edict of Nantes, which guaranteed
religious liberties to the Protestants and thereby effectively
ended the civil war. One of the most popular French kings, both
during and after his reign, Henry showed great care for the
welfare of his subjects and displayed an unusual religious
tolerance for the time. He was assassinated by a fanatical
Catholic, François Ravaillac.
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Henry was nicknamed Henry the Great (Henri le Grand), and in France is also
called le bon roi Henri ("the good king Henry") or le Vert galant ("the Green
gallant"), a reference to both his dashing character and his attractiveness to
women. In English he is most often referred to as Henry of Navarre. He also
gave his name to the Henry IV style of architecture, which he patronised. He
is the eponymous subject of the royal anthem of France, "Marche Henri IV".
Henry IV was the son of Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme and Queen
Jeanne III of Navarre. He was born in the Château de Pau, PyrénéesAtlantiques, in the southwest of France (former province of Béarn). Henry's
mother was the daughter of Marguerite de Navarre, a sister of King Francis I
of France, making him a second cousin of Kings Francis II, Charles IX and
Henry III. It was to his father, however, a tenth-generation descendant of
King Louis IX, that Henry owed his succession to the throne of France: in
application of the Salic Law, which disregarded all female lines, Henry was
the senior descendant of the senior surviving male line of the Capetian
dynasty. Upon the death of Henry III of France, who had no son to succeed
him, the crown passed to Henry IV. The new king, however, had to fight for
some years to be recognized as the legitimate king of France by the
Catholics, who were opposed to his Protestant faith.
Family(Children)
 On 18 August 1572, Henry married his second cousin
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Margaret of Valois; their childless marriage was annulled in
1599. His subsequent marriage to Marie de' Medici on 17
December 1600 produced six children:
Louis XIII, King of France
Elizabeth, Queen of Spain
Christine Marie, Duchess of Savoy
Nicolas Henri de France, duc d'Orléans
Gaston, Duke of Orléans
Henrietta Maria, Queen of England
Interesting Facts:
 The statuette and its pendant represent the royal couple as
Roman deities. They were commissioned at a time when
order had been restored to a France which, unwilling to
accept a heretic as heir to the throne, had been riven by the
Wars of Religion. Henri IV, however, had abjured the
reformed religion in 1593 and, in 1594, had been crowned in
Chartres Cathedral. In 1600, he married Marie de' Medici,
who in 1601 provided him with an heir, assuring the future
of the Bourbon line. The reorganization of the kingdom
allowed the great building projects of the Renaissance to be
taken in hand again. Mythological themes commonly
featured in the ephemeral scenery put up for such events as
the ceremonial entry of the king into Paris, and also in the
decoration of more lasting constructions such as the
Louvre.
Pictures of Henri IV Le
Grand
Citations
 http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France
 http://allart.biz/photos/image/Jean_Auguste_Dominique_I
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