Henry of Navarre

Henry Dwight Sedgwick

• Publisher: Borodino Books
• Year: 2017
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781787208698
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Originally published in 1930, this is a fascinating historical biography of Henry III, who was the King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610, having inherited the throne of Navarre on the death of his mother Jeanne III on June 9, 1572. This book was written by renowned historian Henry Dwight Sedgwick.Henry III (13 December 1553 - 14 May 1610), who later became Henry IV, was the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. As a Huguenot, Henry was involved in the French Wars of Religion, barely escaping assassination in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, and later led Protestant forces against the royal army. As Head of the House of Bourbon, Henry was a direct male-line descendant of Louis IX of France, and "first prince of the blood".

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• CHAPTER I-GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS
• CHAPTER II-CHILDHOOD
• CHAPTER III-CATHERINE DE MÉDICIS
• CHAPTER IV-HENRY OF NAVARRE’S EARLY EDUCATION
• CHAPTER V-HENRY OF NAVARRE, AS SOLDIER, COMES OF AGE
• CHAPTER VI-MARRIAGE
• CHAPTER VII-SAINT BARTHOLOMEW
• CHAPTER VIII-NAVARRE’S CONFINEMENT: 1572-1574
• CHAPTER IX-GOVERNOR OF GUYENNE
• CHAPTER X-PARLEYS, LOVE AND WAR: 1577-1580
• CHAPTER XI-A SCANDALOUS CHAPTER
• CHAPTER XII-LA BELLE CORISANDE
• CHAPTER XIII-THE THREE HENRYS
• CHAPTER XIV-THE BATTLE OF COUTRAS, OCTOBER, 1587
• CHAPTER XV-THE DAY OF THE BARRICADES
• CHAPTER XVI-THE STATES-GENERAL AT BLOIS, 1588
• CHAPTER XVII-THE END OF THE VALOIS
• CHAPTER XVIII-ARQUES AND IVRY
• CHAPTER XIX-GABRIELLE D’ESTRÉES
• CHAPTER XX-THE CONVERSION
• CHAPTER XXI-THE EDICT OF NANTES
• CHAPTER XXII-THE QUESTION OF AN HEIR
• CHAPTER XXIII-MARIE DE MÉDICIS
• CHAPTER XXIV-KINGCRAFT
• CHAPTER XXV-THE PRINCESS OF CONDÉ
• CHAPTER XXVI-THE GREAT DESIGN
• CHAPTER XXVII-THE END
• BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY
• REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER