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.

Claude Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan, dite Claude II en religion, née le 4 avril 1573 à La Ferté-Hubert (Loir-et-Cher) et morte le 20 janvier 1626 à Couilly (Seine-et-Marne), est une abbesse et religieuse bénédictine française.

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.

Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux (French: [ɡabʁijɛl dɛstʁe]; 1573 – 10 April 1599) was a mistress of Henry IV of France. She is noted for her role in ending the religious civil wars that had plagued France for more than 30 years.

She persuaded Henry to renounce Protestantism in favour of Catholicism in 1593. Later she urged French Catholics to accept the Edict of Nantes, which granted certain rights to the Protestants. As it was legally impossible for the King to marry her as he was already married to Margaret of Valois, he controversially petitioned Pope Clement VIII for an annulment in February 1599 to end his childless first marriage, and announced his intention to marry Gabrielle and have her crowned the next Queen of France, while legitimizing their three children born out of wedlock. Her coronation and wedding never occurred due to her untimely and sudden death.

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.

Jacqueline de Bueil (1588–1651), was a French noblewoman and mistress to Henry IV of France in 1604-1608.

Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux (1566-6 de diciembre de 1641), también conocida como La Belle Fosseuse o La Fosseuse, fue amante de Enrique III de Navarra (futuro Enrique IV de Francia) desde 1579 hasta 1581.

Diane d'Andoins (ou d'Andouins), dite « la belle Corisande », comtesse de Guiche, née en 1554 à Hagetmau où elle est morte en février 1620, est surtout connue pour avoir été, entre 1582 et 1591, la maîtresse du roi de Navarre Henri III, devenu le roi de France Henri IV en 1589.

Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d'Entragues (c. 1588–1664), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1605-1609. She was the daughter of Charles Balzac d'Entragues and Marie Touchet, who was formerly the sole mistress of Charles IX of France, and the sister of Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, also mistress of Henry IV.

Jeanne du Monceau de Tignonville (* 1555 in Pau; † 1596 in Navarra), auch La petite Tignonville genannt, war durch Heirat Gräfin von Panjas und ab 1581 für eine kurze Zeit Mätresse des französischen Königs Heinrich IV.

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 .