Henry III

Question 1

Accession of Henry III

Answer 1

1574

Question 2

The Vivarais Rising

Answer 2

1576 - peasant revolt

Question 3

Death of Alençon-Anjou

Answer 3

1584

Question 4

Treaty of Joinville

Answer 4

1584 - Catholic league ally with Spain against heratics, Phillip II promises monthly subsidy of 50,000 escudos

Question 5

Rebellion of the Catholic League

Answer 5

1585

Question 6

Huguenot “state” in the Midi

Answer 6

1585

Question 7

Treaty of Nemours

Answer 7

1585 - The catholic league forces Henry III to submit to the terms of the treaty, revoking all Huguenot gains and banning Protestantism. Starts the Eighth War of Religion.

Question 8

Day of the Barricades

Answer 8

1588 - The King is forced out of Paris by the League and The Sixteen (radical Catholic leaders in Paris) in what was effectively a coup d’etat as a radical catholic government was installed.

Question 9

Murders of the Guises

Answer 9

December 1588 - Henry III summons the Duke and Cardinal of Guise to his chambers, royal guards murder the Duke and the Cardinal is arrested (killed the next day), prominant leaders of the League imprisoned.

Question 10

Croquants revolts

Answer 10

1588

Question 11

Death of Catherine de Medeci

Answer 11

1589

Question 12

Assassination of Henry III

Answer 12

1589