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To: SunkenCiv; Bill_o'Rights; All

Thanks Sunken Civ for the Ping.
He was a Protestant turned Catholic. Nostradamus predicted his death on the jousting field, writing he would have his eye pierced by a lance in La Place des Vosges.
Henri IV, le Vert Gallant, is a very important & fascinating figure in French history, born Henri dr Navarre, a Protestant, he famously said Paris vaut une messe”
Translation: Paris is worth a mass, & converted to Catholicism as he entered Paris to marry Marguerite, later-immortalized in the great film, La Reine Margot with Isabelle Adjani. This marriage put an end to religious strife in France, & brought about a period of religious tolerance &
prosperity.
His equestrian statue on the tip of Ile de la Cite is a beloved Paris landmark. If you have pics, please post. Can’t do it from iPhone.


29 posted on 12/15/2010 8:20:20 PM PST by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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To: Cincinna
Here's a pic of some French Kings I took in June this year:

This one might be Henry IV, or not

This one's definitely Charlemagne:

And me with the Pont Neuf in the background:


30 posted on 12/16/2010 3:10:41 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Eat moer DUCK! War Eagle!!!!)
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