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Henry IV (13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610),
Henri-Quatre
, was
King of France
from 1589 to 1610 and
King of Navarre
from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the
Bourbon
branch of the
Capetian dynasty
in France.
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 changed his faith from
Calvinism
to Catholicism and, in 1598, he enacted the
Edict of Nantes
, which guaranteed religious liberties to the Protestants, thereby effectively ending 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
François Ravaillac
, a fanatical Catholic.
He is the inspiration behind King Ferdinand of Navarre in
William Shakespeare's
Love's Labour's Lost
.
Life When Young
Early life
Henri
de Bourbon was born in
Pau
, the capital of the French province of
Béarn
.
[2]
His parents were Queen
Jeanne III
امه
) Jeanne d'Albret (16 November 1528 – 9 June 1572), also known as Jeanne III or Joan III, was the
queen regnant
of
Navarre
from 1555 to 1572
(
and King
Antoine of Navarre
.
والده
)Antoine de Bourbon,
Duke of Vendôme
(22 April 1518 – 17 November 1562) was head of the
House of Bourbon
from 1537 to 1562, and
jure uxoris
King of Navarre
from 1555 to 1562
(.
Although baptised as a Roman Catholic, Henry was raised as a Protestant by his mother; Jeanne declared
Calvinism
the religion of Navarre. As a teenager, Henry joined the
Huguenot
forces in the
French Wars of Religion
. On June 9, 1572, upon Jeanne's death, he became King Henry III of
Navarre
.
[4]
First marriage and Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
It had been arranged, before Jeanne's death, that Henry would marry
Margaret of Valois
, daughter of
Henry II
and
Catherine de' Medici
. The wedding took place in Paris on 18 August 1572
[5]
on the
parvis
of
Notre Dame Cathedral
. On 24 August, the
Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre
began in Paris and several thousand Protestants who had come to Paris for Henry's wedding were killed, as well as thousands more throughout the country in the days that followed. Henry narrowly escaped death thanks to the help of his wife and promised to convert to Catholicism. He was made to live at the court of France, but escaped in early 1576; on 5 February of that year, he formally abjured Catholicism at
Tours
and rejoined the Protestant forces in the military conflict.
[6]
Wars of Religion
Henry of Navarre became the legal heir to the French throne in 1584 upon the death of
Francis, Duke of Alençon
, brother and heir to the Catholic
King Henry III
, who had succeeded
Charles IX
in 1574. Because Henry of Navarre was the next senior agnatic descendant of King
Louis IX
, King Henry III had no choice but to recognise him as the legitimate successor.
[7]
Salic law
disinherited the king's sisters and all others who could claim descent by the distaff line. However, since Henry of Navarre was a Huguenot, this set off the
War of the Three Henries
phase of the French Wars of Religion. The third Henry,
the Duke of Guise
, pushed for complete suppression of the Huguenots, and had much support among Catholic loyalists. This set off a series of campaigns and counter-campaigns culminating in the
battle of Coutras
.
[8]
In December 1588, Henry III had Henry I of Guise murdered,
[9]
along with his brother, Louis Cardinal de Guise.
[10]
This increased the tension further and Henry III was assassinated shortly thereafter by a fanatic monk.
[11]
Upon the death of Henry III on 2 August 1589, Henry of Navarre nominally became king of France. But the
Catholic League
, strengthened by support from outside, especially from Spain, was strong enough to force him to the south. He had to set about winning his kingdom by military conquest, aided by money and troops sent by
Elizabeth I of England
. Henry's Catholic uncle,
Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon
, was proclaimed king by the League, but the Cardinal himself was Henry's prisoner.
[12]
Henry was victorious at
Ivry
and
Arques
, but failed to take Paris after
laying siege to the city
in 1590.
[13]
After the death of the old Cardinal in 1590, the League could not agree on a new candidate. While some supported various Guise candidates, the strongest candidate was probably
Isabella Clara Eugenia
, the daughter of
Philip II of Spain
, whose mother
Elisabeth
had been the eldest daughter of
Henry II of France
.
[14]
The prominence of her candidacy hurt the League, which became suspect as agents of the foreign Spanish. Nevertheless Henry remained unable to take control of Paris.
"Paris is well worth a Mass"
On 25 July 1593, with the encouragement of the great love of his life,
Gabrielle d'Estrées
, Henry permanently renounced Protestantism, thus earning the resentment of the Huguenots and of his former ally, Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was said to have declared that
Paris vaut bien une messe
("Paris is well worth a Mass"),
[15]
[16]
[17]
though there is some doubt whether he said this himself or the statement was attributed to him by his contemporaries.
[18]
[19]
His entrance into the Roman Catholic Church secured for him the allegiance of the vast majority of his subjects and he was crowned King of France at the
Cathedral of Chartres
on 27 February 1594. In 1598, however, he declared the
Edict of Nantes
, which gave circumscribed toleration to the
Huguenots
.
[20]
Second marriage
Henry's first marriage was not a happy one, and the couple remained childless. Henry and Margaret had separated even before Henry had succeeded to the throne in August 1589, and Margaret lived for many years in the château of Usson in
Auvergne
. After Henry became king of France, it was of the utmost importance that he provide an heir to the crown in order to avoid the problem of a disputed succession. Henry himself favoured the idea of obtaining an annulment of his marriage to Margaret, and taking as a bride
Gabrielle d'Estrées
, who had already borne him three children. Henry's councilors strongly opposed this idea, but the matter was resolved unexpectedly by Gabrielle's sudden death in the early hours of 10 April 1599, after she had given birth to a premature stillborn son. His marriage to Margaret was annulled in 1599, and he then married
Marie de' Medici
in 1600.
For the
royal entry
of Marie into Papal
Avignon
, 19 November 1600, the Jesuit scholars bestowed on Henry the title of the
Hercule Gaulois
("Gallic Hercules",
illustration
), justifying the extravagant flattery with a genealogy that traced the origin of the House of Navarre to a nephew of Hercules' son
Hispalus
.
[21]
Achievements of his reign
During his reign, Henry IV worked through his faithful right-hand man, the minister
Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully
(1560–1641), to regularise state finance, promote agriculture, drain swamps to create productive crop lands, undertake many public works, and encourage education, as with the creation of the
Collège Royal Henri-le-Grand
in La Flèche (today
Prytanée Militaire de la Flèche
). He and Sully protected forests from further devastation, built a new system of tree-lined highways, and constructed new bridges and canals. He had a 1200 m canal built in the park at the
royal Château at Fontainebleau
(which can be fished today), and ordered the planting of pines, elms and fruit trees.
The king renewed Paris as a great city, with the
Pont Neuf
,
[22]
which still stands today, constructed over the
Seine
river to connect the
Right
and
Left Banks
of the city. Henry IV also had the
Place Royale
built (since 1800 known as
Place des Vosges
), and added the
Grande Galerie
to the
Louvre
. More than 400 metres long and thirty-five metres wide, this huge addition was built along the bank of the Seine River, and at the time was the longest edifice of its kind in the world. King Henry IV, a promoter of the arts by all classes of people, invited hundreds of artists and craftsmen to live and work on the building's lower floors. This tradition continued for another two hundred years, until Emperor
Napoleon I
banned it. The art and architecture of his reign have since become known as the "Henry IV style".
King Henry's vision extended beyond France, and he financed several expeditions of
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts
and
Samuel de Champlain
to North America that saw France lay claim to Canada.
[23]
International relations under Henry IV
The reign of Henry IV saw the continuation of the rivalry between France and the
Habsburgs
of Spain and the
Holy Roman Empire
for the mastery of Western Europe, which would only be resolved after the end of the
Thirty Years' War
.
Spain and Italy
During Henry's struggle for the crown, Spain had been the principal backer of the
Catholic League
, trying to thwart Henry. A Spanish army from the
Spanish Netherlands
, under
Alexander Farnese
intervened in 1590 against Henry and foiled his siege of Paris. Another Spanish army helped the nobles opposing Henry to win the
Battle of Craon
against his troops in 1592. After Henry's coronation, the war continued as an official tug-of-war between the French and Spanish states, until terminated by the
Peace of Vervins
in 1598.
This enabled Henry to turn his attention to Savoy, fighting a war against this duchy, that was ended by the
Treaty of Lyon
in 1601 which effected territorial exchanges between France and the
Duchy of Savoy
.
Germany
In 1609 Henry's intervention helped to settle diplomatically the
War of the Jülich succession
.
It was widely believed that in 1610 Henry was preparing for a war against the
Holy Roman Empire
, however the preparations were terminated by his assassination and the subsequent rapprochement with Spain under the regency of
Marie de' Medici
.
Ottoman Empire
Even before Henry's accession to the French throne, the French
Huguenots
were in contact with the
Moriscos
in plans against
Habsburg
Spain in the 1570s.
[25]
Around 1575, plans were made for a combined attack of Aragonese Moriscos and Huguenots from
Béarn
under Henri de Navarre against Spanish
Aragon
, in agreement with the king of
Algiers
and the
Ottoman Empire
, but these projects foundered with the arrival of
John of Austria
in Aragon and the disarmament of the Moriscos.
[26]
[27]
In 1576, a three-pronged fleet from
Constantinople
was planned to disembark between
Murcia
and
Valencia
while the French Huguenots would invade from the north and the Moriscos accomplish their uprising, but the Ottoman fleet failed to arrive.
[26]
After his crowning, Henry IV continued the policy of
Franco-Ottoman alliance
and received an embassy from
Mehmed III
in 1601.
[28]
[29]
In 1604, a "
Peace Treaty
and
Capitulation
" was signed between Henry IV and the Ottoman Sultan
Ahmet I
, giving numerous advantages to France in the Ottoman Empire.
[29]
In 1606–7, Henry IV sent
Arnoult de Lisle
as Ambassador to
Morocco
, in order to obtain the observance of past friendship treaties. An embassy was sent to
Tunisia
in 1608, led by
Savary de Brêves
.
[30]
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