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A royal wedding meant to bring peace… instead ended in one of the bloodiest massacres of the 16th century.
On 18th August 1572, Henry of Navarre—leader of the French Huguenots and future King Henry IV—married Margaret of Valois, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici, at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
This marriage was supposed to heal France’s religious divisions between Protestants and Catholics. But just six days later, the streets of Paris ran red with blood in the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
- Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the Huguenot leader, was shot in an attempted assassination… - Before dawn on 24th August, he was murdered and thrown from a window…
- What followed was three days of brutal killings in Paris, spreading to towns and cities across France.
Between 10,000 and ...
Leggi dettagliOn 18th August 1572, Henry of Navarre—leader of the French Huguenots and future King Henry IV—married Margaret of Valois, daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici, at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
This marriage was supposed to heal France’s religious divisions between Protestants and Catholics. But just six days later, the streets of Paris ran red with blood in the St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
- Admiral Gaspard de Coligny, the Huguenot leader, was shot in an attempted assassination… - Before dawn on 24th August, he was murdered and thrown from a window…
- What followed was three days of brutal killings in Paris, spreading to towns and cities across France.
Between 10,000 and ...