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unusual facts about Henri IV



Charles de Lorme

Charles was the chief physician of three French kings, Henri IV, Louis XIII and Louis XIV.

Château de Nemours

At the time of the Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants, it was the site of the signature of the Treaty of Nemours in 1585 between Catherine de' Medici and the Duke of Guise, which ratified the progress of the Catholic League and urged Protestants to leave the kingdom, before “good” King Henri IV finally put an end to the quarrels nearly a century later with the Edict of Nantes.

Henri François, comte de Ségur

His first cousin was Nicolas-Alexandre, marquis de Ségur and other relatives include Henri IV, vicomte de Ségur, leader and nobleman, becoming Duke in France and England, and Marguerite de Ségur, HRH Albert, Prince Consort's great-grandmother, also Queen Victoria's great-grandmother making Prince Albert and Queen Victoria second if not first cousins, part of Marquessate.

Marie Anne Mancini

Laure (1636–1657), the eldest, who married Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, grandson of King Henri IV and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and became the mother of the famous French general Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme,

Pathomachia

In the opening scene of Act II, for example, Justice tells Love that Heroical Virtue "is gone to the Antipodes, unto Japonia" that is, Japan and that "I have not heard of him since the time of Judas Maccabeus...." The drama also displays many references to then-recent historical events, including the Gunpowder Plot and François Ravaillac's assassination of Henri IV among others.

Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey

In the early seventeenth century, Father Jean-Baptiste de Mornat, priest of Venetian origin arrived in France in the suite of Marie de' Medici, chaplain and counselor of Kings Henri IV and Louis XIII, restores the abbey.

Tommaso Francini

Francesco's heir, his brother Ferdinando, was persuaded to part with them in 1597 by his niece Maria, married to Henri IV.


see also

Antoine de Buade

At a young age Antoine de Buade entered the service of Antoine of Navarre's son Henri of Navarre, later to become Henri IV of France, as a personal equerry.

Charles, Duke of Mayenne

See also JBH Capefigue, Histoire de la Reforme, de la ligue et du regne de Henri IV (8 vols., 1834–1835) and the literature dealing with the house of Guise.

Marche Henri IV

Marche Henri IV was a common leitmotif for French royalty in several 19th century works, such as in Gioachino Rossini's opera Il viaggio a Reims (in the finale, when Charles X is crowned) and in the final march in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Sleeping Beauty.

Philippe Delorme

In May 2010, he published a nonconformist biography of the French king Henry IV : "Henri IV, les réalités d'un mythe" (Ed. de l'Archipel).

Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine

It is located in the 4th arrondissement at 18, boulevard Henri IV, Paris, France, and open weekdays by appointment; admission is free.

Sara Moulton

She began working in restaurants immediately, first in Boston, Massachusetts, and then in New York City, taking off time only for a postgraduate apprenticeship with Master Chef Maurice Cazalis of the Henri IV Restaurant in Chartres, France, in 1979.