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Henry IV of France

1553 - 1610

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Henry IV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (le Bon Roi Henri) or Henry the Great (Henri le Grand), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France, as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in Paris in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII. Henry was baptised a Catholic but raised as a Huguenot in the Protestant faith by his mother, Queen Jeanne III of Navarre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry IV of France is the 156th most popular politician (down from 109th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from France (down from 40th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Politician.

Henry IV of France is most famous for being the first Bourbon King of France. He was also a key figure in the French Wars of Religion.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry IV of France ranks 156 out of 19,576. Before him are Claudius, Hadrian, Pontius Pilate, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Rodrigo Duterte, and Severus Alexander. After him are Uthman, Murad III, Ahmed I, Herod the Great, Silvio Berlusconi, and Lorenzo de' Medici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Henry IV of France ranks 1. After him are Margaret of Valois, Louise of Lorraine, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Luca Marenzio, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Prospero Alpini, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, John Florio, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. Among people deceased in 1610, Henry IV of France ranks 2. Before him is Caravaggio. After him are Matteo Ricci, Ludolph van Ceulen, François Ravaillac, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Honda Tadakatsu, Adam Elsheimer, Anna of Sweden, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, and Hasegawa Tōhaku.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henry IV of France ranks 45 out of 6,770. Before him are Napoleon III (1808), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Claudius (-10), Simone de Beauvoir (1908), Charles Baudelaire (1821), and Marcel Proust (1871). After him are Pierre Curie (1859), Denis Diderot (1713), André-Marie Ampère (1775), Émile Zola (1840), Gustave Flaubert (1821), and Brigitte Bardot (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Henry IV of France ranks 14. Before him are Caracalla (188), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Napoleon III (1808), Louis XVIII of France (1755), and Claudius (-10). After him are Philip IV of France (1268), Napoleon II (1811), Louis XVII of France (1785), Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Francis I of France (1494), and Charles X of France (1757).

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