Henry the 4th (aka Henri 4 / Henry of Navarre), a 2009 German made energetic period piece – originally released as a miniseries – tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV.

In 16th Century France, Protestants and Catholics wage war in the name of faith and power. Leading the Protestants the young Henry, King of Navarre, goes to Paris to meet with his powerful Catholic rival The King of France, and his mother, Catherine de Medici, Queen of France. The Queen offers him the hand of her daughter Margot – as a sign of reconciliation.

The wedding ends in the massacre of Saint Bartholomew and Henry, surviving the carnage, is held a prisoner in the Louvre and forced by the Queen, to accept the Catholic faith. Henry escapes the Louvre and matures to become a monarch who can call himself one of the first true humanists.

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