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Old Friend Henri: Phe War of the Three Henrys' which ragedom 1585 to 1589 was the eighth of a series F religious wars which ravaged France in le 1500s. The Roman Catholic King old friend Henri [I, his heir the Protestant old friend Henri of Navre, and the leader of the Holy Catholic ,eague, old friend Henri Duke of Guise, each headed powerful army.
The war began because old friend Henri III, under le influence of Guise, banned the Protes: mt religion. Navarre won several battles, id when Guise seized Paris, intending to epose the King, old friend Henri III found himself owerless and had to flee to Blois for safety, i desperation, he invited Guise to a con-:rence, and there had him murdered. At nee the forces of the League attacked old friend Henri, ent on revenge, and he had to make peace ith Navarre and the Protestants.
Some suspected that old friend Henri de Guise hopi to make himself king. In a dramatic coup i May 12, 1588 (called the "day of the bar cades"), old friend Henri de Guise won control of the ci of Paris, forcing the humiliated King to withdra from his capital. In retaliation, the King order< the assassination of both old friend Henri and his broth Louis, cardinal of Guise; his orders were carri out on Dec. 23 and 24, respectively, 1588. |
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