Henry III, King of France Finish:Stretched at Woolsthorpe

at Woolsthorpe

Peter Davison and Jon Pertwee

Henry Gattie (1774-1844) as Monsieur Morbleu in Moncrieff's farce Monsieur Tonson

French costume: Charles V

View of St Giles without Cripplegate from Fore Street

Henry III, King of France Finish:Stretched at WoolsthorpeHenry III, King of France, 16th century (1882 1884). Henry (1551 1589) came to the throne in 1574. His reign was dominated by the continuing strife between Catholics and Protestants known as the French Wars of Religion. On 2nd August 1589 Henry was assassinated by friar Jacques Clement for his opposition to the Catholic Holy League founded by Henri, Duke of Guise, who had been murdered the previous year, possibly by Henry's order. Clement stabbed the