Henry IV of France

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Henry IV (1572 -1610)

King of France
Henri le Grand
le bon roi Henri
le vert galant
Henry of Navarre


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Department of Paintings, Richelieu, 2nd floor, room 10

Married to Marie de’ Medici https://www.saburchill.com/history/biblio/020.html

Ordered the château built by Catherine de Médicis (in the Tuileries) to be linked to the Louvre palace by a “Grand Gallery” bordering the Seine

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    Kings and Queens « Paris for the Holidays said:
    January 28, 2021 at 4:28 am

    […] Henry IV (1572 -1610) painted as Hercules (vanquishing the Lernaean Hydra) by Toussaint Dubreuil Henry IV (reigned […]

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