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Antony, the head of the Bourbon family, was called King of Navarre, because of his marriage with Jeanne d'Albrêt, the queen, in her own right, of this Pyrenean kingdom, which was in fact entirely in the hands of the Spaniards, so that her only actual possession consisted of the little French counties of Foix and Béarn. ANTONY THE HEAD OF THE BOUBON FAMILY WAS CALLED KING OF NAVARRE BECAUSE OF HIS MARRIAGE WITH JEANNE D'ELBRAY THE QUEEN IN HER OWN RIGHT OF THIS PYRENEAN KINGDOM WHICH WAS IN FACT ENTIRELY IN THE HANDS OF THE SPANIARDS SO THAT HER ONLY ACTUAL POSSESSION CONSISTED OF THE LITTLE FRENCH COUNTIES OF FOIX AND BIERGE
years. This was the only conquest the French retained when the final peace of Cateau Cambresis was made in the year 1558, for all else that had been taken on either side was then restored. Savoy was given back to its duke, together with the hand of Henry's sister, Margaret. During a tournament held in honour of the wedding, Henry II. was mortally injured by the splinter of a lance, in 1559; and in the home troubles that followed, all pretensions to Italian power were dropped by France, after wars which had lasted sixty-four years. CHAPTER V. THE WARS OF RELIGION. 1. The Bourbons and Guises.--Henry II. had left four sons, the eldest of whom, _Francis II._, was only fifteen years old; and the country was divided by two great factions--one headed by the Guise family, an offshoot of the house of Lorraine; the other by the Bourbons, who, being descended in a direct male line from a younger son of St. Louis, were the next heirs to the throne in case the house of Valois should become extinct.  CHAPTER FIVE OF HISTORY OF FRANCE THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADELE HOLY HISTORY OF FRANCE BY CHARLOTTE M YOUNGER CHAPTER FIVE THE WARS OF RELIGION ONE THE BOURBON AND GIZ HENRY THE SECOND HAD LEFT FOUR SONS THE ELDEST OF WHOM FRANCIS THE SECOND WAS ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND THE COUNTRY WAS DIVIDED BY TWO GREAT FACTIONS ONE HEADED BY THE GEESE FAMILY AN OFFSHOOT OF THE HOUSE OF LORNINE THE OTHER BY THE BOURBON WHO BEING DESCENDED IN A DIRECT LINE FROM A YOUNGER SON OF SAINT LOUIS WERE THE NEXT HEIRS TO THE THRONE IN CASE THE HOUSE OF VALOIS SHOULD BECOME EXTINCT
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