Qui va sortir amb Henry III of France?

Henry III (French: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; Polish: Henryk Walezy; Lithuanian: Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589 and, as Henry of Valois, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.

As the fourth son of King Henry II of France and Queen Catherine de' Medici, he was not expected to inherit the French throne and thus was a good candidate for the vacant throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, where he was elected monarch in 1573. During his brief rule, he refused to sign the Henrician Articles into law, which would recognise the szlachta's right to freely elect their monarch. The Henrician Articles became, nonetheless, deeply rooted in Poland's politics as all his successors accepted them. Aged 22, Henry abandoned Poland–Lithuania upon inheriting the French throne when his brother, Charles IX, died without issue.

France was at the time plagued by the Wars of Religion, and Henry's authority was undermined by violent political factions funded by foreign powers: the Catholic League (supported by Spain and the Pope), the Protestant Huguenots (supported by England and the Dutch) and the Malcontents (led by Henry's own brother Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon, a party of Catholic and Protestant aristocrats who jointly opposed the absolutist ambitions of the king). Henry III was himself a politique, arguing that only a strong and centralised yet religiously tolerant monarchy would save France from collapse.

After the death of Henry's younger brother Francis, Duke of Anjou, and when it became apparent that Henry would not father an heir, the Wars of Religion developed into a dynastic war known as the War of the Three Henrys. Under Salic Law, Henry III's heir apparent was his distant cousin, King Henry III of Navarre, a Protestant. The Catholic League, led by Henry I, Duke of Guise, demanded the exclusion of all Protestant heirs from the line of succession. They instead championed the Catholic Charles, Cardinal of Bourbon, as Henry III's heir presumptive.

Henry had the Duke of Guise murdered in 1588 and was in turn assassinated by Jacques Clément, a Catholic League fanatic, in 1589. He was succeeded by the King of Navarre who, as Henry IV, assumed the throne of France as the first king of the House of Bourbon.

Renée de Rieux de malnom Bella Châteauneuf, fou una cortesana francesa, nascuda vers l'any 1550 i morta després del 1600.

Era neta de Joan IV de Rieux i descendent en línia directa, per tant, dels cèlebres mariscals Joan i Pere de Rieux. Fou dama d'honor de Caterina de Mèdici, inspirà una violenta passió al duc d'Anjou (el futur Enric III, el qual feu que el poeta Philippe Desportes li dediqués pel seu conte moltes composicions amoroses, per les quals se li pagà, segons la brama 10.000 escuts i una protecció mai desmentida.

Finalment, Renata, llavors en l'apogeu de la seva bellesa i de la seva joventut, acabà per accedir a les peticions del duc d'Anjou i fou la seva amant des del 1572 fins al 1575, exercint sobre ell una gran influència.

Ja el 1571 Caterina de Mèdici havia volgut allunyar de la cort a la Renata, intentant casar-la diverses vegades, sense resultat, fins que aprofitant que el rei tenia altres amors, Caterina de Mèdici la desterrà. Llavors la bella Renta de Rieux casà amb "Florentino Antinotti", capità de les galeres de Marsella, al qual <matà virilment de la seva pròpia mà>, segons es diu, perquè no li guardava la fidelitat deguda.

Després va contraure segons núpcies amb "Felip Altoviti" baró de Castelana, que heretà la plaça del seu antecessor. Vídua del seu segon espòs, residí de 1592 a 1600 a Marsella, on era la principal associada d'una companyia per la pesca del corall.

Veronica Franco (Venècia, 25 de març de 1546, Venècia – 22 de juliol de 1591, Venècia) fou una cortesana d'una gran bellesa i una rellevant escriptora del Renaixement, una de les més influents del seu temps. Molts poetes i pintors li van dedicar alguna de les seves obres, com Tintoretto, que la va retratar en diverses ocasions com la dama que descobreix la sina.

Françoise Babou de La Bourdaisière, Marquise of Coeuvres, vicomtess of Soissons and of Bercy (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz babu də la buʁdezjɛʁ]; 1542 – 9 June 1592) was the mistress of a favourite of the king, Du Guast. She married Antoine d'Estrées in 1558, and they were the parents of Gabrielle d'Estrées—mistress of King Henry IV of France.

Jeanne de Laval (also Madame de Sennecterre) (1549–1586), was a French noblewoman. She was the mistress of Henry III of France. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen, Louise of Lorraine.