Henry IV of France

E33404

Bourbon monarch King of France human monarch

Henry IV of France was the first Bourbon king of France, known for ending the French Wars of Religion, converting to Catholicism for political unity, and issuing the Edict of Nantes to grant limited rights to Protestants.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Henry IV of France canonical	119
Henry of Navarre	20
Henri IV	4
Henri IV of France	2
Henri de Navarre	2
King Henry IV of France	2
Henri Quatre	1
Henry IV of France as a tolerant ruler	1
Henry IV, King of France and Navarre	1
Henry, King of Navarre	1
King of France and Navarre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T243624 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Henry IV of France
Context triple: [Histoire des guerres civiles de France, describesReignOf, Henry IV of France]

A. Philip II of France
Philip II of France was the Capetian king who greatly expanded French royal power and territory in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, notably at the expense of the English crown.
B. King Louis XIII
King Louis XIII was the early 17th-century King of France whose reign, marked by the influence of Cardinal Richelieu and the consolidation of royal power, provides the political backdrop for Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
C. Henry III of France
Henry III of France was a 16th-century French king whose turbulent reign was marked by the Wars of Religion, intense conflict between Catholics and Huguenots, and his eventual assassination.
D. Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.
E. Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI of France was the last Bourbon king before the French Revolution, whose reign saw France’s crucial support for the American Revolution and ended with his execution in 1793.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Henry IV of France
Target entity description: Henry IV of France was the first Bourbon king of France, known for ending the French Wars of Religion, converting to Catholicism for political unity, and issuing the Edict of Nantes to grant limited rights to Protestants.

A. Philip II of France
Philip II of France was the Capetian king who greatly expanded French royal power and territory in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, notably at the expense of the English crown.
B. King Louis XIII
King Louis XIII was the early 17th-century King of France whose reign, marked by the influence of Cardinal Richelieu and the consolidation of royal power, provides the political backdrop for Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers.
C. Henry III of France
Henry III of France was a 16th-century French king whose turbulent reign was marked by the Wars of Religion, intense conflict between Catholics and Huguenots, and his eventual assassination.
D. Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV of France was the long-reigning “Sun King” who centralized absolute monarchy, expanded French influence in Europe, and made his court at Versailles a model of royal splendor.
E. Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI of France was the last Bourbon king before the French Revolution, whose reign saw France’s crucial support for the American Revolution and ended with his execution in 1793.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bourbon monarch ⓘ King of France ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Good King Henry ⓘ Henry IV of France ⓘ surface form: Henri IV Antoine of Navarre ⓘ surface form: Henri de Bourbon Henry IV of France ⓘ surface form: Henri de Navarre Henry IV of France ⓘ surface form: Henry of Navarre Good King Henry ⓘ surface form: le bon roi Henri
birthDate	1553-12-13 ⓘ
birthPlace	Pau ⓘ surface form: Pau, Kingdom of Navarre
burialPlace	Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
child	Christine of France ⓘ Elisabeth of France ⓘ Gaston, Duke of Orléans ⓘ Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ King Louis XIII ⓘ surface form: Louis XIII of France
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
deathDate	1610-05-14 ⓘ
deathPlace	Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, Kingdom of France
dynastyFounded	House of Bourbon ⓘ surface form: Bourbon dynasty of France
era	Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
event	French Wars of Religion ⓘ War of the Three Henrys ⓘ
father	Antoine of Navarre ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
killer	François Ravaillac ⓘ
knownFor	converting to Catholicism for political unity ⓘ economic reconstruction of France ⓘ ending the French Wars of Religion ⓘ issuing the Edict of Nantes ⓘ promoting religious toleration for Protestants ⓘ restoring royal authority in France ⓘ
languageSpoken	French ⓘ Occitan ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	murdered ⓘ
mother	Jeanne d’Albret ⓘ surface form: Jeanne d'Albret
nobleFamily	House of Bourbon ⓘ
notableQuote	Paris is well worth a Mass ⓘ
notableWork	Edict of Nantes ⓘ
positionHeld	King of France ⓘ King of Navarre ⓘ
predecessor	Henry III of France ⓘ
reignEnd	1610-05-14 ⓘ
reignStart	1589-08-02 ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Margaret of Valois ⓘ Marie de’ Medici ⓘ surface form: Marie de' Medici
successor	King Louis XIII ⓘ surface form: Louis XIII of France
title	Henry IV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry IV, King of France and Navarre Henry IV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry, King of Navarre

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Referenced by (154)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Histoire des guerres civiles de France → describesReignOf → Henry IV of France ⓘ

French Wars of Religion → keyFigure → Henry IV of France ⓘ

House of Bourbon → hasNotableMember → Henry IV of France ⓘ

King Louis XIII → father → Henry IV of France ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis XIII of France

King Louis XIII → predecessor → Henry IV of France ⓘ

subject surface form: Louis XIII of France

Henrietta Maria of France → father → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Kings of France → notableKing → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Louis XVIII of France → title → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of France and Navarre

Edict of Nantes → signedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Edict of Nantes → signedUnderMonarch → Henry IV of France ⓘ

St. Bartholomew's Day massacre → associatedPerson → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry of Navarre

Lycée Henri-IV → namedAfter → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Henry IV of France → alsoKnownAs → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henri IV

Henry IV of France → alsoKnownAs → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry of Navarre

Henry IV of France → alsoKnownAs → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henri de Navarre

Henry IV of France → title → Henry IV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry, King of Navarre

Henry IV of France → title → Henry IV of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry IV, King of France and Navarre

Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) → hasParticipant → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598) → commandedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Jeanne d’Albret → child → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Jeanne d’Albret → successor → Henry IV of France ⓘ

War of the Three Henrys → commander → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry of Navarre

War of the Three Henrys → namedAfter → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry of Navarre

Henry I, Duke of Guise → opponent → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry of Navarre

La Henriade → mainSubject → Henry IV of France ⓘ

La Henriade → centralFigure → Henry IV of France ⓘ

La Henriade → portrays → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry IV of France as a tolerant ruler

Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche → foundedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche → namedAfter → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Flèche → patron → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Pont Neuf → inauguratedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Henry III of France → successor → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Pau → isBirthplaceOf → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Capetian dynasty → hasNotableMember → Henry IV of France ⓘ

French royal court → notableMonarch → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Theodore de Mayerne → employer → Henry IV of France ⓘ

French Crown → hasNotableRuler → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Elisabeth of France → father → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Queen Margot → historicalFigureDepicted → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henri IV of France

The Forty-Five Guardsmen → featuresHistoricalFigure → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry of Navarre

Kingdom of France → notableMonarch → Henry IV of France ⓘ

relief of Rouen (1592) → commander → Henry IV of France ⓘ

relief of Rouen (1592) → opposedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Henry IV of France

Château de Fontainebleau → usedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias → grandfather → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Marie de’ Medici → spouse → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Louvre Palace → expandedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Christine of France → father → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Bourbon monarchy → hasMonarch → Henry IV of France ⓘ

Bourbon monarchy → foundedBy → Henry IV of France ⓘ

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