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Henry III (1551-89) King of France from 1571 to 1589, son of Henry II and Catharine de' Medici and the last king of the house of Valois. He was assassinated, Aug. 1, 1589, by a Dominican monk, named Jacques Clément.
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. III (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 261. (Assassination of Henry III)
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