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Henry IV (1553-1610) King of France from 1589 to 1610, succeeded by Louis XIII, his son by his second wife, Maria de' Medici. "He was without doubt the most imposing figure in France of his day and has taken his place in history as the greatest of Bourbon kings." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. XI, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 158.)
J. N. Larned, Larned's History of the World, Vol. III (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 266. (Marriage of Henry IV, and Maria de' Medici)
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