http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/05/27/1610-francois-ravaillac-henri-iv-franc/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:06:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/05/27/1610-francois-ravaillac-henri-iv-franc/#comment-6434 ExecutedToday.com » 1574: Gabriel de Lorges, accidental regicide Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:37:22 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=268#comment-6434 [...] Just like Montgomery himself, the Huguenot cause proved resistant to every policy of Catherine or the Guises; this day’s execution only screwed up the nerve of a party that had been given notice on St. Bartholomew’s Day that their lot must be to conquer or die. Since Henri II’s boys could neither, over 30 years’ time, produce an heir nor master their foes at arms, the Huguenots conquered when the throne finally passed to a Bourbon. [...] [...] Just like Montgomery himself, the Huguenot cause proved resistant to every policy of Catherine or the Guises; this day’s execution only screwed up the nerve of a party that had been given notice on St. Bartholomew’s Day that their lot must be to conquer or die. Since Henri II’s boys could neither, over 30 years’ time, produce an heir nor master their foes at arms, the Huguenots conquered when the throne finally passed to a Bourbon. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/05/27/1610-francois-ravaillac-henri-iv-franc/#comment-3285 ExecutedToday.com » 1559: Anne du Bourg Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:28:11 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=268#comment-3285 [...] The religious conflict that made an end of du Bourg soon exploded into civil war. Many more, like du Bourg, would find their triumph in death — until, after three bloody decades, a Protestant prince accepted triumph in apostasy by deciding that “Paris is worth a Mass.” [...] [...] The religious conflict that made an end of du Bourg soon exploded into civil war. Many more, like du Bourg, would find their triumph in death — until, after three bloody decades, a Protestant prince accepted triumph in apostasy by deciding that “Paris is worth a Mass.” [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/05/27/1610-francois-ravaillac-henri-iv-franc/#comment-1669 ExecutedToday.com » 1593: Pierre Barrière, undeterringly Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:50:07 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=268#comment-1669 [...] Henri would keep the throne 17 more years, laying the basis for French absolutism. But continual assassination bids — nearly 20 documented — would pursue him throughout his reign … until one finally got him. [...] [...] Henri would keep the throne 17 more years, laying the basis for French absolutism. But continual assassination bids — nearly 20 documented — would pursue him throughout his reign … until one finally got him. [...]

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