Editing Henry IV of France (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Henri IV enfant.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Presumed portrait of Henry as a child]]
Henry was born on the night of 12 to 13 December 1553 at [[Pau, France|Pau]], the capital of the joint [[Kingdom of Navarre]] with the sovereign [[Principality of Béarn]], in his maternal grandfather King [[Henry II of Navarre]]'s estate, the [[Château de Pau]]. He was the son of [[Jeanne III of Navarre]] (Jeanne d'Albret) and her husband, [[Antoine of Navarre|Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme]].{{sfn|Pitts|2009|p=334}} As the heir to the throne of Navarre, Henry received the title of [[Prince of Viana]] (''Prince de Viane'').<ref>{{cite book|last=Champeaud|first=Grégory|title=Henri IV|publisher=Éditions Ellipses|year=2023|isbn=978-2340079991}}</ref> He was baptized in the [[Roman Catholic Church]] a few weeks after his birth, on 6 March 1554, at the chapel of the Château de Pau, by Cardinal [[Georges d'Armagnac]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles de Batz-Trenquelléon|title=Henri I en Gascogne (1553-1589)|publisher=Éditions Élibron Classics|pages=11–13}}</ref> His godfathers were kings [[Henry II of France]] and Henry II of Navarre, and his godmothers the Queen of France [[Catherine de' Medici]] and [[Isabella of Navarre, Viscountess of Rohan]]. During the ceremony, King Henry II of France was represented by the [[Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (born 1523)|Cardinal de Vendôme]].<ref>{{cite journal|language=fr|first=Paul|last=Mironneau|title=Aux sources de la légende d'Henri IV (roi de France) - le Cantique de la Bataille d'Ivry de Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas|journal=Albineana, Cahiers d'Aubigné|volume=9|year=1998|issn=1154-5852|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/albin_1154-5852_1998_num_9_1_1391|pages=111–127|doi=10.3406/albin.1998.1391 }}</ref>

Henry spent part of his early childhood in the countryside of Béarn at the Château de [[Coarraze]]. He frequented the peasants during his hunting trips, and acquired the nickname of "miller of [[Barbaste]]" (''meunier de Barbaste'').<ref>[http://www.dessinsdepau.fr/html/7/collection/t34.php Dessins du musée national du château de Pau]</ref><ref name=Garrisson>{{cite book|author=Janine Garrisson|title=Henri IV|publisher=Éditions du Seuil|location=Paris|year=1984|page=19}}</ref> Faithful to the spirit of [[Calvinism]], Henry's mother Jeanne d'Albret raised him in its strict morality, according to the precepts of the [[Reformation]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippe Delorme|title=Henri IV - les réalités d'un mythe|publisher=Point de vue|year=2010|page=16}}</ref> On the accession of [[Charles IX of France]] in 1561, Henry was brought to live at the French court in [[Paris]] by his father Antoine de Bourbon. Henry's parents disagreed on the choice of his religion, with his mother seeking to educate him in Calvinism, and his father in Catholicism.