Henry III Biography

Fails to conquer North Aquitaine but gains Sicily

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer ends the 4th War of Religion

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer ends the 4th War of Religion favorably for the Huguenots

Fights both the Huguenots & the Catholic League

Fights both the Huguenots & the Catholic League

Fights both the Huguenots & the Catholic League

Henry III founds the Order of the Holy Spirit

Succeeds as King of France

Under the Peace of Bergerac Henry III & the Holy League grant the Huguenots peace terms

Under the Peace of Bergerac Henry III & the Holy League grant the Huguenots peace terms

The Peace of Chastenoy ends the 5th War of Religion

Under the Peace of Bergerac Henry III & the Holy League grant the Huguenots peace terms

Henry III bans Protestantism to appease his Catholic ally Philip II

Henry III bans Protestantism to appease his Catholic ally Philip II

The decision to build the bridge is made by King Henry III who laid its first stone in 1578, during which year the foundations of four piers and one abutment were completed

The Treaty of Fleix ends the 7th War of Religion

Last of a series of civil wars in France known as the Huguenot Wars or French Wars of Religion, the War of the Three Henrys is the Eighth and final war

Death Francois, Duke of Anjou and Alencon, heir to the throne, Henry III has no children, according to the Salic law the succession will pass on to Henry King of Navarre a Protestant

After Guises assassination Henry allies himself with the Duke of Navarre

Henry has Guise murdered at Blois

Navarre leads the Huguenots to victory over Henry III at the Battle of Coutras

Henry is forced to join the Catholic League by the Paris mob

Navarre leads the Huguenots to victory over Henry III at the Battle of Coutras

Henry makes the Duke of Navarre his successor

Forced into an alliance with a Huguenot cousin, Henry of Navarre

Expelled by the Duke of Guise, head of the Catholic League

Expelled by the Duke of Guise, head of the Catholic League

Day of the Barricades in Paris, Duke Henry of Guise seizes the city, forcing King Henry III to flee

Henry III is assassinated by a fanatic monk named Jacques Clement, but lived long enough to name Henry of Navarre as heir to the throne

Henry has Guise murdered at Blois

The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois. Paris rises against Henry III in favour of the Guises, Henry III leaves Paris

King Henry III of France capitulates to the Duke of Guise and returns to Paris

Assassinated by a Dominican monk, Henry is the last of the Valois line

Death of Henry III, assassinated

After Henrys assassination Paris suffers a 4 year siege

The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois

The Guises propose a settlement with a cipher as heir and demand a meeting of the States General, which takes place at Blois

Henry of Guise is lured into a trap and assassinated, on the orders of Henry III

Henry III of France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Duke of Guise and his brother, Cardinal Louis of Guise, killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon a prisoner