Henry IV


 * Preceded by Henry III
 * Bourbon
 * Ended the French Wars of Religion by issuing the Edict of Nantes
 * Francois Ravaillac assassinated him
 * The Catholic League of Charles de Bourbon and Isabella Eugenia opposed him
 * His superintendent, the Duke of Sully, fought with him at the Battle of Ivry
 * Built the Briare Canal and silk factories
 * The Peace of Alais reduced some of the rights he had given to Huguenots
 * His Treaty of Vervins saw peace with Spain
 * Responded to a papl bull with Brutum fulmen Pape Sixti V