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Also Known As Henry of Valois • Henry, duc d’Anjou
Born September 19, 1551 • Fontainebleau • France
Died August 2, 1589 (aged 37) • Saint-Cloud • France
Title / Office king (1574-1589), France
Notable Family Members father Henry II • mother Catherine de Médici • brother Charles IX • brother François, duc d’Anjou • brother Francis II • sister Margaret of Valois
Role In War of the Three Henrys • Wars of Religion

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Henry IV
king of France
Charles de Bourbon, count de Soissons
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Catherine de' Medici
Catherine de’ Medici
queen of France
Henry de Guise
Henri I de Lorraine, 3 duc de Guise
French noble
François de Lorraine, 2 duc de Guise
French noble
Gaspard II de Coligny
Gaspard II de Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon
French admiral and Huguenot leader
Anne, Duke de Montmorency, drawing by the school of Clouet, c. 1560; in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France
Anne, duke de Montmorency
French noble
Philippe de Mornay, seigneur du Plessis-Marly
French diplomat
Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé
French military leader
Monluc, engraving
Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Monluc
French soldier
Henri I de Bourbon, 2 prince de Condé
French prince
François de Beaumont, baron des Adrets
French military leader
Charles de Gontaut, baron and duke de Biron
French baron and duke
François de Bonne, duke de Lesdiguières
French constable
Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron
French military leader
Jacques de Savoie, duke de Nemours
French duke
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
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