This ruler's court favorites are known as Les Mignons, and included Anne de
This ruler's court favorites are known as Les Mignons, and included Anne de Joyeuse and the Duke of Epernon. Upon his coronation, this ruler was forced to consent to his namesake twenty-one articles, but one requirement of that position was that he marry Anna the Jagiellonian, which he never did. A major point of contention during this man's reign was his childless marriage to Louis of Lorraine-Vaudemont, and in his early years, this ruler commanded the Royalist troops at the Battle of Jarnac in which Louis of Bourbon-Conde was killed. This ruler's promulgation of the Edict of Beaulieu, which granted concessions to the Huguenots, led Henry of Guise to form the Catholic League, and that man would ultimately force this ruler out of Paris shortly after which this ruler was assassinated by Jacques Clement. The son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II, for 10 points, name this first freely elected King of Poland-Lithuania who is better known as the last of the Valois kings of France.
This ruler's court favorites are known as Les Mignons, and included Anne de Joyeuse and the Duke of Epernon.
{Henry III} of France [or Henry of Valois; or {Alexandre}-{Edouard} de {Valois}-{Angouleme}]