His first wife was Princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of several French kings. She was called Queen Margot as she was queen of Navarre, Henry's original kingdom. She and Henry were cousins and her...
He was one of the most popular kings of France. He held in high esteem the people, thinking that their prosperity would benefit all. So it often quoted that he wanted that every peasant shoud have a...
Henry IV of France rebuilt and reunited France after the long War of Religions, which lasted from 1562 to 1598. He made the first attempt to bring peace to the Catholics and Protestants in the Modern...