Henry IV of France

Henry IV, also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII.

13 December 1553

Born on the same birth day (13 December): Aimilios Veakis • Albert Aalbers • Emil Seidel • Frederick III of Sicily • Herman Cain • James Wright (poet) • John Vorster • Johnny Whitaker • Joseph Howe • Katherine Schwarzenegger • Laurens van der Post • Lillian Board • Morris Day • Paul Bracq • Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark • Rex Ryan • Scott Sattler • Simona Waltert • Talcott Parsons • Türkan Saylan • Van Heflin