Henry IV of France was the first Bourbon king of France. Formerly known as Henri of Navarre, he succeeded to the French throne with the extinction of House of Valois, at the death of Henry III of France.
His descendants are varied and numerous. Some of his descendants are Juan Carlos of Spain, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Diana, Princess of Wales, actress Brooke Shields and singer and actress Jane Birkin. He had six children with his wife Marie de' Medici and also had at least eleven illegitimate children with his many mistresses. This article deals with each of his legitimate children and their respective descendants.
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of House of Valois, at the death ofHenry III ofFrance. His descendants are varied and numerous. Some of his descendants are Juan Carlos of Spain, Franz...
House of Bonaparte is also descended from House of Orleans DescendantsofHenryIVofFranceDescendantsof Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Descendantsof Philip...
Catherine. Descendantsof Louis XIV ofFranceDescendantsof Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Descendantsof Philip V of Spain Descendantsof Charles III of Spain...
HenryIV (French: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry...
Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King ofFrance from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess...
of Religion (1562–1598). HenryIV inherited the throne after the assassination ofHenry III, the last Valois king, who died without children. Henry was...
relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers...
King Philip V of Spain, whose descendants they are, has renounced the throne ofFrance for himself and his descendants in the Treaty of Utrecht. Orléanist...
Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (French: Philippe le Bel), was King ofFrance from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his...
Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King ofFrance from 1422 to 1453...
and the world, and consists of Hugh Capet, the founder of the dynasty, and his male-line descendants, who ruled in France without interruption from 987...
Suffolk, were junior in terms of primogeniture, but were placed as heirs after Henry VIII's own descendants. Descendants through Lady Katherine Grey, Mary's...
Navarre who, as HenryIV, assumed the throne ofFrance as the first king of the House of Bourbon and eventually converted to Catholicism. Henry was born at...
She was the daughter ofHenryIVofFrance and sister of Louis XIII. Following her husband's death in 1637, she acted as regent of Savoy between 1637 and...
Évreux branch of the Capetian family, who aspired to the French throne by the right of his mother, the senior descendantof Philip IVofFrance. Charles'...
Louis IV (920/921 – 10 September 954), called d'Outremer or Transmarinus ("From overseas"), reigned as King of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the...
of Felipe on 19 June 2014. Juan and his wife retain their titles. House of Bourbon HenryIVofFrance's succession DescendantsofHenryIVofFrance Descendants...
Stanley's descendants. Her succession follows: Henry VIII of England Edward VI of England, only son ofHenry Mary I of England, eldest daughter ofHenry Elizabeth...
members of the House of Bourbon, including its cadet branches, are direct agnatic descendantsofHenryIV through his son Louis XIII ofFrance. The pre-Capetian...
house ofFrance and to the wider-spread male-line descendantsof Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 996). Contemporaries did not use the name "Capetian" (see House of France)...
10th-degree descendant, King HenryIVofFrance. The son of Robert and Beatrice, Louis, became the first Duke of Bourbon, superseding the previous rank of seigneur...
under HenryIV laid much of the ground for the beginnings ofFrance's rise to European hegemony. France was expansive during all but the end of the seventeenth...
In terms of territory, before the reign ofHenryIV, the domaine royal did not encompass the entirety of the territory of the kingdom ofFrance and for...
Act of Accord agreed a compromise, whereby Henry remained king, but York and his descendants were designated his successors. The implications of removing...
monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, was a descendantof John of Gaunt, founder of the House of Lancaster and son of King Edward...
numerous battles in defence of his claim, Henry converted to Catholicism and was crowned as King HenryIV, founding the House of Bourbon. This marked the...
of Philip V and in turn their senior descendants. Philip was born at the Palace of Versailles in France. His older brother, Louis de France, Duke of Burgundy...