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Hundred Years War
Hundred Years War 1337-1453, conflict between England and France. Causes Its basic cause was a dynastic quarrel that originated when the conquest of England by William of Normandy created a state lying on both sides of the English Channel. In the 14th cent. the English kings held the duch... Read more
Hubert de Burgh
Hubert de Burgh , d. 1243, chief justiciar of England under kings John and Henry III . Having served as a royal minister and commander in France, he was appointed justiciar by John in 1215. He continued in this position after John's death (1216) and in 1217 took part in the defeat of the French fle... Read more
Louis VIII
Louis VIII 1187-1226, king of France (1223-26), son and successor of King Philip II . He fought (1215, 1219) against the Albigenses in S France. Invited by English lords in rebellion against their king, John , to become king of England, he invaded (1216) England, although his action caused his ... Read more
Capetians
Capetians , royal house of France that ruled continuously from 987 to 1328; it takes its name from Hugh Capet . Related branches of the family (see Valois ; Bourbon ) ruled France until the final deposition of the monarchy in the 19th cent. The first historical ancestor was Robert the Strong , c... Read more
Henry III
Henry III 1551-89, king of France (1574-89); son of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici. He succeeded his brother, Charles IX. As a leader of the royal army in the Wars of Religion (see Religion, Wars of ) against the French Protestants, or Huguenots, Henry, then duke of Anjou, defeated (1569) ... Read more
Saintes
Saintes , town (1990 pop. 27,546), Charente-Maritime dept., W France, on the Charente River. It is a market for grains, brandy, and leather; telecommunications equipment is manufactured. The town, probably the capital of the Celtic Santones and later occupied by the Romans, was the capital of old S... Read more
Anjou
Anjou , region and former province, W France, coextensive roughly with Maine-et-Loire and parts of Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, and Sarthe depts. Angers , the historic capital, and Saumur are the chief towns. A fertile lowland, Anjou is traversed by the Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe, Loir, and Maine rivers.... Read more
France
France , officially French Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 60,656,000), 211,207 sq mi (547,026 sq km), W Europe. France is bordered by the English Channel (N), the Atlantic Ocean and the Bay of Biscay (W), Spain and Andorra (SW), the Mediterranean Sea (S), Switzerland and Italy (SE), and Germany,... Read more
James Douglas Hamilton, 4th duke of
James Douglas Hamilton, 4th duke of 1658-1712, Scottish nobleman. He served at the courts of Charles II and James II and remained, after his grudging acceptance of William III, a sympathizer with the Jacobites. He became duke of Hamilton in 1698 and, although he had opposed the union of Scotland wi... Read more
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis
Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis kätō´-käNbrāzē´ , 1559, concluded at Le Cateau, France, by representatives of Henry II of France, Philip II of Spain, and Elizabeth I of England. It put an end to the 60-year conflict between France and Spain, begun with t... Read more

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Henry III (France) (1551–1589)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World HENRY III (FRANCE) (1551 – 1589) HENRY III (FRANCE) (1551 – 1589), king of France. Henry III was the last of the Valois dynasty...
Jan Zamojski
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Hapsburgs, Zamojski secured the election (1573) of Henry of Valois (later Henry III of France) as king of Poland; in 1575 he supported Stephen...1576; in 1587 he succeeded in putting Sigismund III on the throne. Appointed (1580) commander in...
flagellants
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...flagellant sects such as the Bianchi of Italy and France (c.1399) and the followers of Karl Schmidt...Reformation. Catherine de' Medici and King Henry III of France encouraged flagellant orders, but Henry IV forbade them. The Jesuits after a time...
Spirit Intervention
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...musician named Baldasarini who lived at the court of Henry III of France. The communication led to the discovery of a small...1664 with four lines of verse in the handwriting of Henry III. The authenticity of the writing was proved by comparing...
Sigismund II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Jagiello dynasty to rule Poland, Sigismund died childless. After an interregnum and the brief rule of Henry of Valois (later Henry III of France), Stephen Báthory was elected (1575) king.
Diane de France
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Diane de France , 1538-1619, duchess of Angoulême; illegitimate daughter of King Henry II of France. She was legitimized in 1547. She...She worked for the alliance of King Henry III with Henry of Navarre (King Henry IV...
Henry III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Angoulême, Henry III was born on Oct. 1...papal influence due to Henry's father, John. Efforts...negotiating with Louis of France in 1217, reconfirming...In 1223 Pope Honorius III allowed Henry to be declared of age...
Stephen Báthory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...elected by a majority to succeed Henry of Valois, who had left Poland in 1574 to rule France as Henry III . A minority voted for Holy Roman...reforms. After his death Sigismund III, a Swedish nephew of Sigismund...
Henry IV (France) (1553–1610; Ruled 1589–1610)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World HENRY IV (FRANCE) (1553 – 1610; ruled 1589...1519 – 1572), admiral of France. Henry escaped death by renouncing his Calvinist...Navarre the next year. The inability of Henry III (ruled 1574 – 1589) to maintain...
Catherine De Médicis (1519-1589)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...1589), queen of France. Wife of King Henry II, mother of...Charles IX, and Henry III, Catherine de...the throne in France for three decades...favorite son, Henry III, who came to...Coligny Family ; France ; Guise Family...

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Henry VII
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...half‐brother of King Henry VI; his grandmother had been queen to Henry V and a princess of France; his great‐great...was John of Gaunt, son of Edward III. Nevertheless, Henry's early life was inauspicious...
Henry III
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Henry III (1207–72), king of England (1216–72). Henry was one of the most cultured monarchs...But the odds stacked against Henry steadily rose as the power of Louis IX of France and his brothers increased. His...
Giambologna
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...II (see Habsburg ), and kings of France ( Henry IV) and Spain ( Philip III). Giambologna was born in Douai (now in France) and trained under Jacques Du Broeucq...two from his own workshop: that to Henry IV in Paris (destroyed), which...
Henry II
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...repudiated wife of Louis VII of France, brought Henry even greater estates in France so that his kingdom stretched...reinforced by the homage of Malcolm III of Scotland (1157) and by...overlord of Ireland (1171). Henry's immediate task on becoming...
Henry IV
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Henry IV (1366–1413...Although descended from Edward III, his claim to the throne...The first seven years of Henry's reign were years of crisis...remaining English possessions in France left Henry beleaguered. The cost of...
Sandwich, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...at the battle of Lincoln May 1217), Prince Louis of France sent home for further reinforcements in his bid to become king of England. King Henry III's regency council realized that it was imperative to...
Henry of Mondeville
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...1260 [?]; d . Paris, France, ca . 1320) surgery, medicine. Henry of Mondeville (or Henricus...business to various parts of France and England, Henry apparently received little...the History of Science , III. pt. I (Baltimore, 1947...
Alexander III
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Alexander III (d. 1181), Pope from 1159. During the 17-year schism...supported by the Emp. Frederick I , Alexander lived mainly in France. Here he came into contact with Henry II of England over the Becket affair. Though embarrassed...
Angevin empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Capetian kings of France, so far as their...at Montmirail, Henry II made plain his...Angevin empire in France. In addition, John...s hands. In 1259 Henry III bowed to what now...renounced his claims to Henry II's French inheritance...
Three Henrys, War of the
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...king himself. In late 1588, Henry III had both Guise and the Cardinal de Bourbon murdered. When Henry III was murdered in turn (1589), most of France was in League or Huguenot hands, and Henry of Navarre became king as HENRY...

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Missions Impossible: Pomponne de Bellievre and the Policies of Henry III.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Pomponne de Bellievre for the dying Henry III, king of France (1574-89). Bellievre had ample...a dozen diplomatic missions for Henry, in which he negotiated with the...conduct of these missions Henry III and Bellievre exchanged scores...
Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/22/1999; 596 words ; ...Archbishop of Canterbury, 1376; Charles VII of France, 1461; Henry III of France, assassinated 1589; John Dalton, poet, 1763...Eckersberg, painter, 1853; Wilson Barrett (William Henry), actor and playwright, 1904; James Whitcombe...
MILLENNIUMLIFE: Bloody curse of the Regents.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/8/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...cousin Esme Stewart arrived from France and James is said to have fallen...of the Bedchamber to the depraved Henry III of France before going to Scotland. James...did so, and Lennox returned to France, where he soon died of a broken...
Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric & Rhetoric, Rhetoricians, and Poetics. (Reviews).
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...de l'eloquence royale (1570-80), composed for Henry III of France, and Nicholas Caussin's De eloquentia sacra et humana...thousand pages. Thomas Wilson, George Puttenham, Henry Peacham, and Francis Bacon are well represented. However...
QUIET PLEASE! From the bawdy works of Burns to a tiny version of the Koran, the whispered secrets of Scotland's National Library are uncovered.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/28/2009; 700+ words ; ...Scots traders. There is also a 'silk map' of wartime France and Germany printed on rayon to help Allied soldiers...written by Mary, Queen of Scots to her brotherin-law, Henry III of France, just hours before her execution on February 8, 1587...
Nicholas Vincent. The Holy Blood: King Henry III and the Westminster Blood Relic.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...In 1247, King Henry III of England ordered...recently sent to Henry from Jerusalem...by the king of France. The day's...King Louis IX of France, whose own collection...common. When King Henry took on the rebuilding...by King Henry III, ever generate...
Shakespeare's 'King Richard III' and the problematics of Tudor bastardy. (William Shakespeare)
Magazine article from: Papers on Language & Literature; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Valois and from Edward III's son John of Gaunt...York King Edward IV, Henry and his uncle jasper Tudor sought refuge in France. In January 1584, the new king Richard III "obtained the outlawry...Richard, waiting for Henry Tudor's imminent invasion...
Saturday, August 3
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...after an 11-month siege. 1589 - Henry of Navarre, first of the Bourbon line, succeeds the assassinated Henry III as king of France. 1645 - Denmark loses much land...1914 - Germany declares war on France at the start of World War I. 1943...
A shot that echoed around the world Susan Brigden on why the assassination of William the Silent in 1584 made such a big noise in the courts of Europe
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/15/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...concerned with the consequences for France and for Spain. Yet it was upon the battlefields of France in the 1590s that the future of...still chose traditional weapons; Henry III and IV of France and the Duke of Guise, for instance...
Sunday, August 3
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/27/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...after an 11-month siege. 1589 - Henry of Navarre, first of the Bourbon line, succeeds the assassinated Henry III as king of France. 1645 - Denmark loses much land...1914 - Germany declares war on France at the start of World War I. 1943...