France

• 1559


  cateau cambresis

  Henry ii died jousting and Francis ii became king
• duke of guise 


  married his niece Mary queen of Scots to Francis ii

  Philip gave him money to secure catholicism in the crown
• duke of bourbon 


  direct bloodline to the throne

  sons becoming huguenots
• Catherine de Medici 


  mother to Francis ii and Philips mother in law through the marriage to Elizabeth Valois
• 1558-9


  Henry made legislation to expel huguenots but died before publication
• 1560 Francis died and 


  Charles ix became king with Catherine de medici as regent
• st. germain edict


  1562-96 made by Catherine de medici to allow huguenots to worship outside of towns
• how many of the French nobility were huguenots

  40%
• vassy massacre 


  1562 the duke of guise killed a group of huguenots creating civil war
• huguenots attacked catholics back at the

  vassy massacre 1562
• French wars of religion

  1562-98
• assassinations 


  1563 duke of guise assassinated

  1570 prince of Conde from the house of bourbon assassinated
• 1570


  Peace of St. Germain en Laye - recognised both Huguenot and catholic freedom
• admiral coligny


  favoured over Catherine by Charles ix and held more power than her threatening catholicism
• 1572 marriage between 


  the duke of bourbon and Margaret Valois securing peace between huguenots and catholics
• St. Bartholemews day massacre

  1572 catholics attacked huguenots at the wedding

  coligny and Huguenot followers removed from power

  Henry duke of bourbon converted to Calvinism
• 1574


  Charles died and Henry iii became king
• Philip offered the duke of guise...

  spanish subsidies in return for catholic support in the Netherlands and additional monthly subsidies to keep Henry duke of bourbon off the throne
• 1588


  king Henry iii imprisoned by Philip but broke out and assassinated the duke of guise
• Henry acknowledged


  Henry duke of bourbon as heir to the throne
• Henry was stabbed 


  1589 leaving Henry duke of bourbon heir
• in 1592, Philip tried to


  invade france with the Flanders army
• 1593


  Henry iv (previous duke of bourbon) converted back to Roman Catholicism
• treaty of vervins


  1598 securing peace with france and spain