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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henri Valois (458 words) |
 | Henri Valois made excellent studies with the Jesuits, first at Verdun and then at the Collège de Clermont at Paris, where he had Pétau as professor of rhetoric. |
| Valois was associated with the greatest scholars of his time, with whom however he always maintained his liberty of judgment. |
| DE VALOIS, De vita Henrici Valesii in the 2nd ed. |
| Metropole Paris - France's First Bourbon (1566 words) |
| Henri de Navarre was kept as an involuntary guest at the Louvre, but as he had a socialable character, he was allowed to join the activities of the court. |
| Henri III arranged the assassination of Henri de Guise, and was in turn killed by Jacques Clément, of the Holy League. |
| May 1610, Henri's carriage was temporarily blocked in the Rue de la Ferronerie, and he was attacked and stabbed to death at 57 by a fanatic, François Ravaillac, who had been rejected as a candidate by both the Feuillants and the Jesuits. |
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