 The king was pressured by members of the Catholic League to sign the accord which was recognized by contemporaries as a renewal of the old French Wars of Religion.On 10 June 1584, the duc d'Anjou, François d'Alençon died.Since King Henry III was childless and likely to remain so, the legitimate successor to the throne of France was the king's distant cousin and chief of the Protestant party, Henri, king of Navarre.