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Henry III of Navarre

Type Figure Region France Time 1553–1610 Also known as Henry IV、Henry of Navarre

Henry III of Navarre (1553–1610), of the Bourbon family, was King of Navarre and later converted to Catholicism to become Henry IV of France.…

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  1. 1572–1589Pau · Pyrénées-AtlantiquesAfter his mother Jeanne III died he inherited the throne of Navarre, and as a Huguenot monarch was drawn into the French Wars of Religion, becoming an important leader of the anti-Catholic League resistance.
  2. 1562–1572Southwestern France · FranceAfter the outbreak of the Wars of Religion he moved with his mother in the southwest, grew up within Huguenot noble networks in the 1560s, and between 1561 and 1570 gradually became a central figure among the younger generation of the Protestant camp.

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