Note 41 — FIRST DISCOURSE (continued 2)
A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson translation
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◆Henri III., 1574–1589, last king of the House of Valois; succeeded Charles IX.
◆Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, surnamed Tête de fer. He had married Marguerite, sister of Henri II. It was during this journey that the Duchess Marguerite tried to obtain from her nephew Henri III. the retrocession of several fortresses which France still held. (Litta, t. VI., tav. xiv.)