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Henryb> ofb> Navarre had a much more immediate claim on the throne than Guise.
Henryb> ofb> Navarre's connection was more distant, as the Dukes ofb> Bourbon were descendants ofb> King St. Louis IX, but their line was then more senior.
Henryb> ofb> Guise was ofb> the house ofb> Anjou and Lorraine, descendants ofb> King John II ofb> France.

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Â Henryb> Wotton - encyclopedia article about Henryb> Wotton.

Rebellion ofb> the Catholic League against King Henryb> III ofb> France, in revenge for his murder ofb> Dukeb> Henryb> ofb> Guise.
Wotton was not, like his unfortunate fellow-secretary, Henryb> Cuffe, who was hanged at Tyburn Tyburn was a former village in the county ofb> Middlesex which now forms part ofb> London's City ofb> Westminster.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place ofb> a visit, consultation, or advice ofb> a legal, medical, or any other professional.

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Â Charles ofb> Lorraine, Dukeb> ofb> Mayenne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He went with Henryb> ofb> Valois, Dukeb> ofb> Anjou (later Henryb> III ofb> France), on his election as king ofb> Poland, but soon returned to France to become the energetic supporter and lieutenant ofb> his brother, the 3rd Dukeb> ofb> Guise.
Henryb> IV retired to Dieppe, followed by Mayenne, who joined his forces with those ofb> his cousin Charles, Dukeb> ofb> Aumale, and Charles de Cosse, comte de Brissac, and engaged the royal forces in a succession ofb> fights in the neighbourhood ofb> Arques (September 1589).
Paris was devoted to the house ofb> Guise and had been roused to fury by the news ofb> the murder.

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Â 1588 Definition / 1588 Research

December 23 - Henryb> III ofb> France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Dukeb> ofb> Guise and his brother, Cardinal Louis ofb> Guise, killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon a prisoner.
Dukeb> Henryb> ofb> Guise Henryb>, 3rd Dukeb> ofb> Guise (January 31, 1550 - December 23, 1588) was the son ofb> Francis, Dukeb> ofb> Guise....
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Â Henryb> Ib> Dukeb> Ofb> Guise

Henryb>, 3rd Dukeb> ofb> Guise (January 31, 1550 - December 23, 1588) was the son ofb> Francis, Dukeb> ofb> Guise.
Henryb> III failed to meet the demands ofb> the Catholic League, and on May 12, 1588 Guise entered Paris, forcing Henryb> to flee.
Henryb> then agreed to all Guise's demands, but later had him assassinated by his bodyguard at the Chateau de Blois.

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Â 1588

December 23 - Henryb> III ofb> France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Dukeb> ofb> Guise[?] and his brother, Cardinal Louis ofb> Guise[?], killed, and holding the Cardinal de Bourbon[?] a prisoner.
December 23 - Dukeb> Henryb> ofb> Guise[?], leader ofb> the Catholic League[?] in France.
Dukeb> Henryb> ofb> Guise[?] seizes the city, forcing King Henryb> III to flee.

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Â AllRefer.com - Henryb> III, king ofb> France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia

The League was revived by Henri de Guise, however, when the death (1584) ofb> the king's brother, Francis, dukeb> ofb> AlenCon, made the Protestant Henryb> ofb> Navarre the legal heir to the French throne.
However, Henryb> III procured the assassination ofb> de Guise and his brother Louis in the hope ofb> quelling the rebellion, but his action only further provoked the Catholics.
Henryb> III, king ofb> France, French History, Biographies

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Â CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: House ofb> Guise

The dukes ofb> Guise, however, as descendants ofb> the House ofb> Anjou, had certain pretensions to the Kingdom ofb> Naples, and it was doubtless with the secret intention ofb> defending these claims that François de Lorraine furthered an alliance between Henryb> II and Pope Paul IV which was menaced by Philip II.
This stipulated that, at the death ofb> Henryb> III, the Cardinal de Bourbon, Archbishop ofb> Rouen (1520-90), the third son ofb> Charles de Bourbon, Dukeb> ofb> Vendôme, should be recognized as heir to the crown, "to the exclusion ofb> all French princes ofb> the blood at present heretics and relapsed".
But the sick and aged prelate was a prisoner ofb> Henryb> ofb> Navarre; the members ofb> the League were therefore unable to place their candidate securely upon the throne, since he was in the hands ofb> the Protestant pretender.

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Â AllRefer.com - Henryb> III, king ofb> France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia

The League was revived by Henri de Guise, however, when the death (1584) ofb> the king's brother, Francis, dukeb> ofb> AlenCon, made the Protestant Henryb> ofb> Navarre the legal heir to the French throne.
However, Henryb> III procured the assassination ofb> de Guise and his brother Louis in the hope ofb> quelling the rebellion, but his action only further provoked the Catholics.
Henryb> III, king ofb> France, French History, Biographies

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Â Francis, Dukeb> ofb> Guise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

He was the father ofb> Charles ofb> Lorraine, Dukeb> ofb> Mayenne and was succeeded by his eldest son, Henryb> Ib> ofb> Guise.
Francis, 2nd Dukeb> ofb> Guise( February 17, 1519 - February 24, 1563) was a French soldier and politician.
Along with his brother Charles ofb> Guise he was powerful in the government ofb> France during the reign ofb> Francis II.

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Â PRINCES OFb> CONTI - LoveToKnow Article on PRINCES OFb> CONTI

Conti, who belonged to the older faith, appears to have taken no part in the wars ofb> religion until 1587, when his distrust ofb> Henryb>, third dukeb> ofb> Guise, caused him to declare against the League, and to support Henryb> ofb> Navarre, afterwards King Henryb> IV.
In 1589 after the murder ofb> Henryb> III., king ofb> France, he was one ofb> the two princes ofb> the~ blood who signed the declaration recognizing Henryb> IV.
Louis ARMAND DE BOURBON, prince de Conti (1696-1727), eldest son ofb> the preceding, was treated with great liberality by Louis XIV., and also by the regent, Philip dukeb> ofb> Orleans.

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Â PRINCES OFb> CONTI-[ruv.net : Online Encyclopedia Britannica : 1911 Edition]-

Conti, who belonged to the older faith, appears to have taken no part in the wars ofb> religion until 1587, when his distrust ofb> Henryb>, third dukeb> ofb> Guise, caused him to declare against the League, and to support Henryb> ofb> Navarre, afterwards King Henryb> IV.
In 1589 after the murder ofb> Henryb> III., king ofb> France, he was one ofb> the two princes ofb> the~ blood who signed the declaration recognizing Henryb> IV.
Conti started rather unwillingly for his new kingdom, probably, as St Simon remarks, owing to his affection for Franoise, wife ofb> Philip II., dukeb> ofb> Orleans, and daughter ofb> Louis XIV.

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Â Henri IV

The Dutch received aid from France in their long struggle for political independence from Spain, and Philip III became involved in the plots ofb> the brave but avaricious Maréchal de Biron, a dukeb>, peer, and marshal ofb> France,whose conspiracies threatened the security ofb> Henryb>'s throne.
Henryb> IV strengthened his connections with the United Provinces and with the Dukeb> ofb> Savoy, a turncoat in his military alliances.
Charles ofb> Lorraine, Dukeb> ofb> Mayenne, gave up further opposition to Henryb> IV in the fall ofb> 1595, and Philip Emmanuel, Dukeb> ofb> Mercoeur, who held sway in the Celtic Duchy ofb> Britanny, acknowledged Henryb> ofb> Navarre as rightful king in the spring ofb> 1598.

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Â Timeline 1575-1599

Seven months later he had Henryb> ofb> Guise and his brother, Cardinal de Guise, assassinated.
1589 Sep 21, The Dukeb> ofb> Mayenne ofb> France, head ofb> the Catholic League, was defeated by Henryb> IV ofb> England at the Battle ofb> Arques.
1588 Dec 23, Henri de Guise (37), French leader ofb> Catholic League, was murdered.

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Â Henryb> IV, king ofb> France. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

Henryb> became the legal heir to the French throne upon the death (1584) ofb> Francis, dukeb> ofb> Alençon, brother and heir to King Henryb> III, who had succeeded Charles IX in 1574.
The Catholic League, led by Henri, 3d duc de Guise, refused to recognize a Protestant as heir and persuaded the king to revoke concessions to the Protestants and to exclude Henryb> ofb> Navarre from the succession.
Henryb> soon turned to the internal reconstruction ofb> his war-ravaged kingdom.

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Â CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre

But just at that moment Charles had but one idea, which was to find and punish Henryb> ofb> Guise, whom he suspected ofb> being the instigator if not the perpetrator ofb> the attempt on Coligny's life.
A little before daybreak the sound ofb> a pistol-shot so terrified Charles IX and his mother that, in a moment ofb> remorse, they despatched a nobleman to Guise to bid him refrain from any attack on the admiral, but the order came too late; Coligny had already been slain.
They were beaten (11 July, 1572) and the Dukeb> ofb> Alba, having ascertained that Charles IX was instrumental in the attempt to defeat him, thenceforth entertained the most hostile feeling toward the French King.

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Â chronological table

Treaty ofb> Nemours imposed on Henryb> III by the Dukeb> ofb> Guise and the Catholic League.
Henryb> ofb> Navarre claims the Crown ofb> France.
Henryb> III ofb> France refuses the sovereignty ofb> the Netherlands.

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Â Timeline 1575-1599

1589 Sep 21, The Dukeb> ofb> Mayenne ofb> France, head ofb> the Catholic League, was defeated by Henryb> IV ofb> England at the Battle ofb> Arques.
The people ofb> Paris rose against Henryb> III, who fled to Chartres.
1588 Aug 18, A storm struck the remaining 60 ships ofb> the Spanish Armada under the Dukeb> ofb> Medina Sidonia after which only 11 were left.

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Â Catholic League (French) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In 1588, after the murder ofb> Henryb> ofb> Guise, the league rose up against the king in favor ofb> the imprisoned Cardinal de Bourbon, whom they proclaimed "Charles X" (the next person to claim this title was Charles X ofb> France, brother ofb> Louis XVI).
The Valois king, Henryb> III ofb> France feared the power ofb> the Guise faction and thus accepted the existence ofb> the league but made himself its commander, eventually disbanding it in 1577 after using it to win several victories over the Huguenots.
Charles ofb> Lorraine, Dukeb> ofb> Mayenne won battles for the Catholic League.

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Â frenchwars.html

After assassination ofb> Henryb>, dukeb> ofb> Guise, his brother Charles, dukeb> ofb> Mayenne, would lead the Holy League.
(Francis and Henryb>, father and son, dukes ofb> Guise;
Killed at Jarnac in March 1569 while fighting against the dukeb> ofb> Anjou, the kingÂ’s brother.

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Â Henryb> IV ofb> France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

( Salic law disinherited the king's sisters and all others who could claim descent by distaff line.) In December 1588 King Henryb> III had the Dukeb> ofb> Guise and that man's brother the Cardinal, murdered.
He became the legal heir to the French throne upon the death in 1584 ofb> François, Dukeb> ofb> Alençon, brother and heir to the Catholic King Henri III, who had succeeded Charles IX in
Henryb> had to flee Paris and joined forces with Henryb> ofb> Navarre, but died shortly thereafter.

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Â HWC, Henryb> III

So Henryb> hatched a plot that succeeded in assassinating both the Dukeb> ofb> Guise and his brother the cardinal.
And, like the queen mother, Henryb> resented the influence ofb> the newly-formed Catholic League, which was led by the Guises and financed by the Spanish.
Henryb>, like Catherine, tried to steer his way between the powerful Guises and the now-vengeful Huguenots, led by Henryb> ofb> Navarre.

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Â Henryb> III ofb> France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

His action resulted in the Catholic extremist Henryb> Ib>, Dukeb> ofb> Guise forming the Catholic League.
Henryb> III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 â€“ August 2, 1589) was King ofb> Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King ofb> France (1574-1589).
Under the Salic Law, the next heir to the throne was Protestant Henryb> ofb> Navarre, a descendant ofb> St.

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Henryb> ofb> Guise was ofb> the house ofb> Anjou and Lorraine, descendants ofb> King John II ofb> France.
Counts & Dukes ofb> Berg, Jülich, Mark, & Cleves
The Dukes ofb> Savoy, beginning with a county in Burgundy, acquired more land and a capital (Turin) in Italy, named their new Kingdom after Sardinia and ultimately succeeded as the modern Kings ofb> Italy.

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Â Jean Bodin

The United Catholics was an association ofb> Catholic nobles that allied with Dukeb> Henryb> ofb> Guise, advocated the reunification ofb> the faith, and strove towards religious concord in France.
The death ofb> Dukeb> François-Hercule, the youngest brother ofb> the king, raised dynastic problems: the presumptive heir, Henryb> ofb> Navarre, was the leader ofb> the Huguenots, and he was related to Henri III to the 22
In the 1580's, Bodin's diplomatic responsibilities were reduced at the same time that the prestige ofb> the Dukeb> ofb> Alençon and Anjou, whom Bodin had accompanied on a voyage to England and Flanders, diminished.

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Â Henryb> III (ofb> France)

He fought both the Huguenots (headed by his successor, Henryb> ofb> Navarre) and the Catholic League (headed by the third Dukeb> ofb> Guise).
Guise expelled Henryb> from Paris in 1588 but was assassinated.
Henryb> allied with the Huguenots under Henryb> ofb> Navarre to besiege the city, but was assassinated by a monk.

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Â Henryb> III (ofb> France) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Henryb> III (ofb> France)

He fought both the Huguenots (headed by his successor, Henryb> ofb> Navarre) and the Catholic League (headed by the third Dukeb> ofb> Guise).
Henryb> allied with the Huguenots under Henryb> ofb> Navarre to besiege the city, but was assassinated by a monk.
Guise expelled Henryb> from Paris in 1588 but was assassinated.

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Â A GEOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH HISTORY

Henryb>, Dukeb> ofb> Guise, le balafre or " scarface," 1550-1558.
Léonora Galigaï (1576-1617), marquise ofb> Ancre, married in 1601 to Concino CONCINI (c.1570-1617), who upon the death ofb> Henryb> IV became councilor ofb> state, governor ofb> fortresses in Picardy, lieutenant general ofb> Normandy, marquis ofb> Ancre, and marshal ofb> France.
rebellion ofb> the great nobility: Condé, Vendôme, Guise, et.al.

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Â Francis II --Â EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica

The eldest son ofb> Henryb> II and Catherine de Médicis, Francis was married in April 1558 to Mary Stuart, queen ofb> Scots and niece ofb> François, duc de Guise, and ofb> Charles, cardinal ofb> Lorraine.
dukeb> ofb> Brittany from 1458, who succeeded his uncle, Arthur III; he maintained a lifelong policy ofb> Breton independence in the face ofb> encroachments by the French crown.
The son ofb> Francis Ib>, Henryb> II married the strong-willed Catherine de' Medici (see Medici).

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Henryb> II Madeleine ofb> Valois, Queen consort ofb> Scot.
FranÃƒÂ§ois II, who had always been a sickly child, died December 5, 1560 in OrlÃƒÂ©ans, Loiret, at the age ofb> 16 when an ear infection worsened and caused an abscess in his brain.
His mother Catherine de Medici was appointed Regent, but it is considered that Mary's uncles FranÃƒÂ§ois de Guise and Charles de Guise may actually have been the ones to hold the power in that period.

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