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French Civil War
Conflict from 1562 to 1598 over royal inheritance
Valois Family
Last powerful dynasty before Bourbons in France
Henri II
Final strong king of the Valois family
Cathrine de Medici
Mother of Valois Kings, influential in Civil War
Guise Family
Led Catholic forces in the northern France
Bourbon Family
Led Huguenots in the southern France
St. Bartholomew‘s Day Massacre
1572 event were 20,000 Huguenots were killed
Henri of Navarre
Bourbon leader who survived the massacre
Catholic League
Coalition opposing Huguenots during the Civil War
Edict of Nantes
1598 decree granting Huguenots, religious freedom
Political Compromise
Henri IV converted to Catholicism for peace
Henri IV
Defeated Catholic league and Spanish interference
