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  • NAME: Henry III
  • OCCUPATION: King
  • BIRTH DATE: September 19, 1551
  • DEATH DATE: August 02, 1589
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Fontainebleau, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Saint-Cloud, France
  • AKA: Henry III

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Henry III of France, born in 1551, continued his father's war against the Huguenots, had his brother assassinated and was eventually stabbed dead by a friar.

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Henry III of France, born in 1551, continued his father's war against the Protestant Huguenots, extending and worsening the 16th-century Wars of Religion. He was the last male in line of the Valois dynasty, a fact that stressed his reign. He was eventually stabbed dead by a friar. He was so frivolous and extravagant that he virtually bankrupt his vast kingdom.

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