Henri IV was the son of Anthony of Bourbon and of

Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarre. After his coronation in 1594, he reduced the provinces which still held ont against him, concluded with Spain the peace of Vervins in 1598, and granted in the same year the edict of Nantes to the Protestants, securing them entire religions liberty. He was stabbed in 1610 by a fanatic named Ravaillac.