Hvem daterte Henrik IV av Frankrike?

Henrik IV av Frankrike (1553–1610) var konge av Frankrike fra 1589 til 1610 og konge av Navarra fra 1572 til 1610. Han var den første franske konge fra huset Bourbon.

Henrik ble født på slottet i Pau i Pyreneene som sønn av den katolske hertugen av Vendôme, Anton av Bourbon og Johanna III av Navarra som var dronning av Navarra og protestant. Allerede under Henriks bestemor Margrete var kongeriket Navarra blitt et samlingssted for Frankrikes protestanter og religiøse reformatorer som i Paris var truet av fangehull og bål. I Johannas tid ble slottene Pau og Nérac sentre for fransk protestantisme.

Henrik ble katolsk døpt den 6. mars 1554 i storsalen i Pau. I barndommen bodde han flere steder, blant annet i Paris. Da han etter farens død i 1562 vendte tilbake til Pau, sørget moren for at han ble oppdratt etter Calvins lære.

Fleurette de Nérac morte le 25 août 1592 à Nérac est une paysanne française et l'une des premières maîtresses du futur Henri IV, alors prince de Navarre.

Sa relation avec le jeune prince est entourée de plusieurs récits et légendes. L'expression « conter fleurette » serait notamment née de cette relation.

Charlotte des Essarts (1580-1651), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress to Henry IV of France in 1607–1609. She had two daughters with the king. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Maria de Medici. She participated in many political plots at court.

She was the daughter of François de Essarts, seigneur de Sautour, an equerry of the king, and his second wife Charlotte de Harlay de Chanvillon.

Before coming to the French court, Charlotte des Essarts had been a member of the household of the French ambassador in London, Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont and his wife Anne Rabot. She was a relation of Beaumont.

Charlotte de Beaune Semblançay, Viscountess of Tours, Baroness de Sauve, Marquise de Noirmoutier (26 October 1551 – 30 September 1617) was a French noblewoman and a mistress of King Henry of Navarre, who later ruled as King Henry IV of France. She was a member of queen mother Catherine de' Medici's notorious "Flying Squadron" (L'escadron volant in French), a group of beautiful female spies and informants recruited to seduce important men at court, and thereby extract information to pass on to the Queen Mother.

Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Marquise de Verneuil [katʁin ɑ̃ʁjɛt də balzak dɑ̃tʁaɡ maʁkiz də vɛʁnœj] (1579–1633) was the favourite mistress of Henry IV of France after Gabrielle d'Estrées died: her sister Marie-Charlotte de Balzac d’Entragues was also a mistress of the king. She was the daughter of Charles Balzac d'Entragues and his wife Marie Touchet, who was formerly the sole mistress of Charles IX of France.

Françoise de Montmorency-Fosseux (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz də mɔ̃mɔʁɑ̃si fosø] ; 1566 – 6 December 1614), also called "La Belle Fosseuse" or "La Fosseuse", was mistress to King Henry III of Navarre (future King Henry IV of France) from 1579 to 1581.

Diane d'Andoins or d'Andouins (Diane of Andoins) was born in Hagetmau in the fall of 1554, and died there in February 1621. The Countess of Guiche, and called "the beautiful Corisande", she was known for having been a royal mistress of King Henri III of Navarre (the future Henri IV of France) between 1582 and 1591.

Louise de Budos, dame de Vachères, duchesse de Montmorency (13 juillet 1575 - 26 septembre 1598), fut la seconde épouse d'Henri I^er de Montmorency, Connétable de France, et plus tard la maîtresse du roi Henri IV de France.