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Antoine de Bourbon was the first king of the House of Bourbon and the husband of Jeanne III of Navarre. He fought in the Italian wars, the French Wars of Religion and was the father of Henry IV of France.
Antoine of Navarre was the King of Navarre by marriage to Jeanne III from 1555 to 1562. He was the founder of the House of Bourbon and the father of Henry IV of France.
- Huguenots in France
- Massacre of Wassy
- Jeanne and Antoine of Navarre
- Peace of St. Germain
- Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
- Henry III and IV
- Edict of Nantes
- Edict of Fontainebleau
- Edict of Versailles
In France, state and crown in the 16th century were aligned with the Roman Catholic Church. There was little influence of Luther’s reformation, but the ideas of John Calvin reached into France and brought the Reformation into that country. No province and few towns became explicitly Protestant, but the ideas of Calvin, the new translations of the B...
On March 1, 1562, French troops massacred Huguenots at worship and other Huguenot citizens in Wassy, France, in what is known as the Massacre of Wassy (or Vassy). Francis, Duke of Guise, ordered the massacre, reportedly after he’d stopped in Wassy to attend a Mass and found a group of Huguenots worshipping in a barn. The troops killed 63 Huguenots,...
Jeanne d'Albret (Jeanne of Navarre) was one of the leaders of the Huguenot party. Daughter of Marguerite of Navarre, she was also well-educated. She was a cousin of the French king Henry III, and had been married first to the Duke of Cleves, then, when that marriage was annulled, to Antoine de Bourbon. Antoine was in the line of succession if the r...
Fighting in Navarre and in France continued. Jeanne aligned more and more with Huguenots, and undercut the Roman church in favor of the Protestant faith. A 1571 peace treaty between Catholics and Huguenots led, in March, 1572, to a marriage between Marguerite Valois, daughter of Catherine de Medici and a Valois heir, and Henry of Navarre, the son o...
Charles IX was King of France at the marriage of his sister, Marguerite, to Henry of Navarre. Catherine de Medici remained a powerful influence. The wedding took place on August 18. Many Huguenots came to Paris for this significant wedding. On August 21, there was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Gaspard de Coligny, a Huguenot leader. Durin...
Henry of Anjou succeeded his brother as king, becoming Henry III, in 1574. Fights between Catholic and Protestants, including among the French aristocracy, marked his reign. The “War of the Three Henries” pitted Henry III, Henry of Navarre, and Henry of Guise into armed conflict. Henry of Guise wanted to completely suppress the Huguenots. Henry III...
Henry IV, who had been a Protestant before becoming King of France, in 1598 issued the Edict of Nantes, granting limited toleration to Protestantism within France. The Edict contained many detailed provisions. One, for instance, protected French Huguenots from the Inquisition when they were traveling in other countries. While protecting Huguenots, ...
In 1685, the grandson of Henry IV, Louis XIV, revoked the Edict of Nantes. Protestants left France in large numbers, and France found itself on worse terms with Protestant nations around it.
Also known as the Edict of Tolerance, this was signed by Louis XVI on November 7, 1787. It restored freedom to worship to Protestants, and reduced religious discrimination. Two years later, the French Revolutionand the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen in 1789 would bring complete religious freedom.
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(1518–1562), duke of Vendôme and king of Navarre. Owing to his direct descent from Louis IX in the Bourbon branch, next in line for the French crown after the reigning ...
Antoine de Bourbon, roi de Navarre, was the first monarch of the House of Bourbon, head from 1537. He was the King of Navarre from 1555 until his death. Despite being first prince of the blood, he was dominated by Henry II's favourites the Montmorency and Guise.
Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre. Married Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre (q.v.) in 1548; became King of Navarre after the death of Henri II of Albret (1555); father of Henry IV of France (q.v.). Led the catholic troops at the siege of Rouen, during which he was mortally wounded.
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Antoine de Bourbon, roi de Navarre (22 April 1518 – 17 November 1562) was the King of Navarre through his marriage (jure uxoris) to Queen Jeanne III, from 1555 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Bourbon, of which he was head from 1537.
