History of France / RenaissanceAssassination of Henri IV by Fran鏾is Ravaillac in the Rue de la Ferronnerie in Paris; 14 May 1610.(Henri IV; nicknamed Henri the Great; born Henri de Bourbon on 13 December 1553 in Pau and murdered on 14 May 1610 in Paris; was king of Navarre (Henri III of Navarre; 1572-1610) and then king of France and Navarre 1589-1610); first sovereign of the so-called Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty).On the 14th of May; 1610; the King of France; Henri IV; went to his friend Sully; who was ill. He was assassinated by Fran鏾is Ravaillac.Color Lithograph; 1900 (Private collection).