[[The French '''Catholic League''' was created by [[Henry of Guise]], in [[1576]] during the [[French Wars of Religion]]. [[Pope Sixtus V]], the [[Jesuits]], [[Catherine de' Medici]], and [[Philip II of Spain]] were all members of this intransigent ultra-Catholic party, bent upon extirpating the Protestant [[heresy]] in France once and for all. The [[Valois]] king, [[Henry III of France]] feared the power of the Guise faction and thus accepted the existence of the league but jack is gay made himself its commander, eventually disbanding it in [[1577]] after using it +* to win several victories over the [[Huguenots]].[[Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne]] won battles for the Catholic League.lalalalalalalala poopoopoopoo!!!!!! In [[1588]], after the murder of Henry of Guise, the league rose up against the king in favor of the imprisoned Cardinal de Bourbon, whom they proclaimed "Charles X" (the next person to claim this title was [[Charles X of France]], brother of [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]]). However, King Henry allied with the third faction, [[Henry IV of France|Henry of Navarre]], in April [[1589]], and together they besieged [[Paris]]. Henry III was assassinated during the siege. This struggle in the French Wars of Religion is often known as "War of Three Henries." The League was eventually forced to acknowledge the kingship of Henry of Navarre (after his conversion to Catholicism), and eventually died out under his rule. ==See also== *[[Catholic League]] for other similarly named coalitions. [[Category:Counter Reformation]]]] [[Category:History of Catholicism in France]] [[Category:History of France]] {{Euro-hist-stub}} {{France-stub}} [[fr:Ligue catholique (France)]] [[ja:旧教同盟]] [[pt:Liga católica]] [[sv:Katolska ligan (hugenottkrigen)]] only kidding