Now It's History

Now It's History

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Richard Galant
Jan 19, 2026
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Wedding festivities of the future king of France Henri IV with Marguerite de Valois at the Louvre palace.

On August 18, 1572, ten years into a bloody religious war between the Catholics and Huguenots of France, the future King Henry IV married Marguerite de Valois.

It was a tense moment, since the two 19-year-olds were of different faiths: Henry was a Pro…

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