Assassination of Henry III of France
1589 · Event
Eight months after Blois, a fanatical young friar gains an audience with the king and drives a knife into his belly. Dying, the last Valois formally recognises the Protestant Henry of Navarre as his heir — handing the crown of Catholic France to the one man half the kingdom is at war to keep off the throne.
On these timelines: The French Wars of Religion, France, Master
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