Henry IV of France
(1553-1610)
King of France from 1589 to 1610
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Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He was assassinated in 1610 by François Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII.
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Henri de Bourbon 13 December 1553 Château de Pau, Pau, Béarn, France
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| Died |
14 May 1610 (aged 56) Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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Catherine 4th child with Gabrielle d'Estrées Male b. 11 Nov 1596 · Age: 428 · 1596- · Celebrity Baby -
Louis XIII of France 6th child with Marie de' Medici Male b. 27 Sep 1601 d. 14 May 1643 · Age: 41 (at death) · 1601-1643 · King of France from 1610 to 1643 -
Gaston Henri 7th child with Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues Male b. 3 Nov 1601 · Age: 423 · 1601- · Celebrity Baby
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Elisabeth of Bourbon 8th child with Marie de' Medici Female b. 22 Nov 1602 d. 6 Oct 1644 · Age: 41 (at death) · 1602-1644 · Queen of Spain and Portugal -
Gabrielle Angelique 9th child with Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues Female b. 1603 · Age: 422 · 1603- · Celebrity Baby
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Christine Marie of France 10th child with Marie de' Medici Female b. 10 Feb 1606 d. 27 Dec 1663 · Age: 57 (at death) · 1606-1663 · Duchess of Savoy from 1630 to 1637 -
Nicholas Henri 11th child with Marie de' Medici Male b. 13 Apr 1607 · Age: 418 · 1607- · Celebrity Baby
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Jeanne d'Albret and Antoine of Navarre · m. 1548
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Henry · Older Brother · 1551- · Celebrity Baby
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Louis Charles · Younger Brother · 1555- · Celebrity Baby
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Madeleine · Younger Sister · 1556- · Celebrity Baby
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Catherine · Younger Sister · 1559- · Celebrity Baby
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Charles II of England · Grandson · 1630-1685 · King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1660 to 1685 -
James II of England · Grandson · 1633-1701 · King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 -
Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy · Granddaughter · 1636-1676 · Electress of Bavaria from 1651 to 1676 -
Marie Louise of Orléans (1662–1689) · Great-granddaughter · 1662-1689 · Queen of Spain from 1679 to 1689 -
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond · Great-grandson · 1672-1723 · Illegitimate son of Charles II of England
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