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King Henry IV of France

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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Descendants of Henry IV of France

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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...

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Catherine. Descendants of Louis XIV of France Descendants of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans Descendants of Philip V of Spain Descendants of Charles III of Spain...

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Henry IV of France

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Henry IV (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...

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Henry II of France

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Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess...

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Succession of Henry IV of France

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of Religion (1562–1598). Henry IV inherited the throne after the assassination of Henry III, the last Valois king, who died without children. Henry was...

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Henry V of England

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relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers...

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List of French monarchs

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King Philip V of Spain, whose descendants they are, has renounced the throne of France for himself and his descendants in the Treaty of Utrecht. Orléanist...

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Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, 1987, Genealogical Publishing Company, p. 205 Eilers, Marlene A., Queen Victoria's Descendants, Baltimore, Maryland:...

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Philip IV of France

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Philip IV (April–June 1268 – 29 November 1314), called Philip the Fair (French: Philippe le Bel), was King of France from 1285 to 1314. By virtue of his...

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Henry VI of England

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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 of France from 1422 to 1453...

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Capetian dynasty

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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...

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History of the English and British line of succession

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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...

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Henry III of France

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Navarre who, as Henry IV, assumed the throne of France as the first king of the House of Bourbon and eventually converted to Catholicism. Henry was born at...

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Christine of France

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She was the daughter of Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII. Following her husband's death in 1637, she acted as regent of Savoy between 1637 and...

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House of Valois

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Évreux branch of the Capetian family, who aspired to the French throne by the right of his mother, the senior descendant of Philip IV of France. Charles'...

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Louis IV of France

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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...

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Bourbon claim to the Spanish throne

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of Felipe on 19 June 2014. Juan and his wife retain their titles. House of Bourbon Henry IV of France's succession Descendants of Henry IV of France Descendants...

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Alternative successions to the English and British Crown

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Stanley's descendants. Her succession follows: Henry VIII of England Edward VI of England, only son of Henry Mary I of England, eldest daughter of Henry Elizabeth...

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Succession to the French throne

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not return to the kings of France until much later, when Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV, acceded to the throne of France, thus establishing the...

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House of Bourbon

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members of the House of Bourbon, including its cadet branches, are direct agnatic descendants of Henry IV through his son Louis XIII of France. The pre-Capetian...

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House of Capet

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house of France and to the wider-spread male-line descendants of Hugh Capet (c. 939 – 996). Contemporaries did not use the name "Capetian" (see House of France)...

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Sire de Bourbon

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10th-degree descendant, King Henry IV of France. The son of Robert and Beatrice, Louis, became the first Duke of Bourbon, superseding the previous rank of seigneur...

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Kingdom of France

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under Henry IV laid much of the ground for the beginnings of France's rise to European hegemony. France was expansive during all but the end of the seventeenth...

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Crown lands of France

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In terms of territory, before the reign of Henry IV, the domaine royal did not encompass the entirety of the territory of the kingdom of France and for...

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Edward IV

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Act of Accord agreed a compromise, whereby Henry remained king, but York and his descendants were designated his successors. The implications of removing...

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Henry VII of England

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monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, was a descendant of John of Gaunt, founder of the House of Lancaster and son of King Edward...

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List of heads of state of France

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numerous battles in defence of his claim, Henry converted to Catholicism and was crowned as King Henry IV, founding the House of Bourbon. This marked the...

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Descendants of Philip V of Spain

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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...

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