Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Henri IV, King of France and Navarre
1553 - 1610 (56 years)-
Name Henri IV Suffix King of France and Navarre Birth 13 Dec 1553 Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France 
[1] Gender Male Death 14 May 1610 Paris, France [1] Burial St.-Denis, Paris, France [1] Person ID I29943 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 7 Sep 2020
Family Maria de' Medici, b. 26 Apr 1575, Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy d. 4 Jul 1642, Koln, Germany (Age 67 years) Marriage 17 Dec 1600 Lyon, Rhone, France [1] Children + 1. Henrietta Maria of France, Queen Consort of England, b. 26 Nov 1609, Louvre, Paris, France d. 31 Aug 1669, Château de Colombes, Colombes, France (Age 59 years)Family ID F17876 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Sep 2020
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Notes - First of the Bourbon kings. Known by positive epithets such as Good King Henri or Henri the Great.
“He initially kept the Protestant faith (the only French king to do so) and had to fight against the Catholic League, which denied that he could wear France’s crown as a Protestant. To obtain mastery over his kingdom, after four years of stalemate, he found it prudent to abjure the Calvinist faith (saying, ‘Paris is well worth a mass.’) . As a pragmatic politician (in the parlance of the time, a politique), he displayed an unusual religious tolerance for the era. Notably, he promulgated the Edict of Nantes (1598), which guaranteed religious liberties to Protestants, thereby effectively ending the Wars of Religion. Considered a usurper by some Catholics and a traitor by some Protestants, Henry became target of at least 12 assassination attempts.” [Wikipedia, accessed 4 Sep 2020]
One of them finally succeeded — on 14 May 1610, François Ravaillac, a fanatical Catholic, stabbed the king to death while the royal coach was stuck in a traffic jam caused by the Queen’s coronation ceremony.
- First of the Bourbon kings. Known by positive epithets such as Good King Henri or Henri the Great.
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Sources - [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.
- [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.