Hvem daterede Henrik 4. af Frankrig?

Henrik 4. af Frankrig (fransk: Henri IV) (13. december 1553 – 14. maj 1610) var konge af Navarra (som Henrik 3.) fra 1572 til 1610 og af Frankrig fra 1589 til 1610. Han var den første franske konge af Huset Bourbon. Hans forældre var Anton af Bourbon og Jeanne d'Albret.

Han var dattersøn af Frans 1.s søster Margrethe af Navarra og derfor nærmeste tronarving, da Valois-slægten uddøde i 1589 midt under religionskrigene. Henrik, der oprindelig var protestant, gik i 1593 over til katolicismen, da franskmændene nægtede at gøre en kætter til konge ("Paris er vel en messe værd"). Han skabte som konge forlig mellem de stridende religioner og gav ved Nantes-ediktet i 1598 huguenotterne udstrakt frihed.

Han havde betydelige evner som statsmand og genrejste sammen med sin dygtige finansminister Sully landets økonomi efter religionskrigene. De to støttede erhvervslivet og satte store vej- og kanalanlæg i gang. Det var i hans regeringsperiode, at Frankrig påbegyndte koloniseringen af Canada og grundlagde hovedstaden Quebec i provinsen af samme navn.

Han var en venlig og munter mand og var højt elsket af befolkningen. Alligevel blev han myrdet 14. maj 1610 i Paris af en katolsk fanatiker, François Ravaillac.

Fleurette de Nérac morte le 25 août 1592 à Nérac est une paysanne française et l'une des premières maîtresses du futur Henri IV, alors prince de Navarre.

Sa relation avec le jeune prince est entourée de plusieurs récits et légendes. L'expression « conter fleurette » serait notamment née de cette relation.

Charlotte des Essarts (1580-1651), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1607–1609. She had two daughters with the king. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Maria de Medici. She participated in many political plots at court.

She was the daughter of François de Essarts, seigneur de Sautour, an equerry of the king, and his second wife Charlotte de Harlay de Chanvillon.

Before coming to the French court, Charlotte des Essarts had been a member of the household of the French ambassador in London, Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont and his wife Anne Rabot. She was a relation of Beaumont.

Charlotte de Beaune Semblançay, Viscountess of Tours, Baroness de Sauve, Marquise de Noirmoutier (26 October 1551 – 30 September 1617) was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Henry of Navarre, who later ruled as King Henry IV of France. She was a member of queen mother Catherine de' Medici's notorious "Flying Squadron" (L'escadron volant in French), a group of beautiful female spies and informants recruited to seduce important men at court, and thereby extract information to pass on to the Queen Mother.

Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil [katʁin ɑ̃ʁjɛt də balzak dɑ̃tʁaɡ maʁkiz də vɛʁnœj] (1579–1633) was the favourite mistress of Henry IV of France after Gabrielle d'Estrées died: her sister Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues was also a mistress of the king. She was the daughter of Charles Balzac d'Entragues and his wife Marie Touchet, who was formerly the sole mistress of Charles IX of France.

Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz də mɔ̃mɔʁɑ̃si fosø] ; 1566 – 6 December 1614), also called "La Belle Fosseuse" or "La Fosseuse", was mistress to King Henry III of Navarre (future King Henry IV of France) from 1579 to 1581.

Diane d'Andoins or d'Andouins (Diane of Andoins) was born in Hagetmau in the fall of 1554, and died there in February 1621. The Countess of Guiche, and called "the beautiful Corisande", she was known for having been a royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

Louise de Budos, dame de Vachères, duchesse de Montmorency (13 juillet 1575 - 26 septembre 1598), fut la seconde épouse d'Henri I^er de Montmorency, Connétable de France, et plus tard la maîtresse du roi Henri IV de France.