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Henri IV - An unfinished reign

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Jacques Clément

1566-1589

Jacques Clément was a Jacobin monk who, having secured a private audience with Henri III, stabbed the king to death on 1 August 1589 at Saint-Cloud. He was immediately killed by the king's attendants responding to the king's cries for help.

Assassination of Henri III by Jacques Clément
Copyright:
© Musée national du château de Pau / Jean-Yves Chermeux
Caption:
Assassination of Henri III by Jacques Clément, 2 August 1589. Henri III confirms Henri de Navarre as his successor. Execution of Jacques Clément, engraving by Frans Hogenberg, late 16th c. Musée national du château de Pau, P 67.44.2



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