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Article: The War of the Three Henrys.
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- Calliope
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- March 1, 2003
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THE HUGUENOTS FACED MANY DIFFICULTIES AFTER THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY Massacre. An entire generation of Huguenot leaders had been killed, and young Henry of Navarre remained as yet untested. Following the massacres, Henry was kept under house arrest and pressured to renounce his faith. He escaped in 1576 and claimed leadership of the Huguenot movement. As a royal prince and head of the powerful Bourbon-Vendome family, Henry enjoyed great prestige both for his aristocratic lineage and his title as king of the tiny kingdom of Navarre situated in the Pyrenees.
Meanwhile, the same year Henry of Navarre escaped, Catholics who thought King Henry III should do more to ...