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| Henry IV, the first Bourbon king of France, became Catholic in 1593 in order to restore peace within the country. In 1598 Henry issued the Edict of Nantes, which granted extended rights to the French Protestants, or Huguenots, who had been persecuted by the dominant Catholics. His reign, marked also by policies that strengthened finance, agriculture, and commerce, ended in 1610 when he was assassinated. | ||||||
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| Louis XIV; Henry IV (of France); Paris (city, France); France | ||||||
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