Before becoming king, this monarch achieved great military fame with victories at Jarnac and Moncontour, after which he put forth his candidacy for the Polish throne only to abandon it after the death of his brother.
This monarch achieved a temporary cessation of hostilities in his nation by agreeing to the Peace of Monsieur, but resumed warring for another year until lack of funds forced him to sign the Peace of Bergerac. Before becoming king, this monarch achieved great military fame with victories at Jarnac and Moncontour, after which he put forth his candidacy for the Polish throne only to abandon it after the death of his brother. Anne de Joyeuse and Jean-Louis de Nogaret were two favorite companions, or mignons, of this ruler. This monarch was forced to flee his capital during the Day of the (*) Barricades, but after retreating to Chartres he arranged for the assassination of Louis, cardinal of Lorraine, and Louis' brother. This king ascended to the throne following the death of his brother Charles IX, and the death of another of his brothers, Francois, duc d'Alencon, ensured that the throne of this favorite son of Catherine de Medici would go to a Protestant rival. For 10 points, identify this French ruler whose assassination by the monk Jacques Clement ended the Valois dynasty, and who was opposed in a 1585-89 war by Henry of Navarre and Henry the Duke of Guise.
This monarch achieved a temporary cessation of hostilities in his nation by agreeing to the Peace of Monsieur, but resumed warring for another year until lack of funds forced him to sign the Peace of Bergerac.
Henry III [prompt on Henry]