Editing French Wars of Religion (section)

=== Estates-General of Blois and assassination of Henry of Guise (1588) ===
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[[File:Légended'Henri III.jpg|thumb|left|Assassination of the [[Henry I, Duke of Guise|Duke of Guise]], leader of the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]], by King [[Henry III of France|Henry&nbsp;III]], in 1588]]
Refusing to return to Paris, Henry III called for an [[Estates General of 1588|Estates General to meet at Blois]].<ref>Knecht 1996, p.&nbsp;90.</ref> During the Estates-General, Henry&nbsp;III suspected that the members of the [[Estates General (France)|third estate]] were being manipulated by the [[Catholic League (French)|League]] and became convinced that Guise had encouraged the [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy|duke of Savoy]]'s invasion of [[Saluzzo]] in October&nbsp;1588. Viewing the House of Guise as a dangerous threat to the power of the Crown, Henry&nbsp;III decided to strike first. On 23&nbsp;December 1588, at the [[Chateau Blois|Château de Blois]], [[Henry I, Duke of Guise|Henry of Guise]] and his brother, the [[Louis II, Cardinal of Guise|Cardinal de Guise]], were lured into a trap by the King's guards.<ref name="J. Knecht, p. 72">Knecht 1996, p.&nbsp;72.</ref> The Duke arrived in the council chamber where his brother the Cardinal waited. The Duke was told that the King wished to see him in the private room adjoining the royal chambers. There guardsmen seized the duke and stabbed him in the heart, while others arrested the Cardinal who later died on the pikes of his escort. To make sure that no contender for the French throne was free to act against him, the King had the Duke's son imprisoned. The Duke of Guise had been highly popular in France, and the Catholic League declared open war against King Henry&nbsp;III. The [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] declared Henri deposed. Henri for his part now joined forces with his cousin, the Huguenot, [[Henry IV of France|Henry of Navarre]], to war against the League.{{sfn|Le Roux|2006|p=237}}{{sfn|Knecht|2010|p=121}}{{sfn|Le Roux|2006|p=158}}{{sfn|Roberts|1996|p=174}}{{sfn|Knecht|2016|p=288}}{{sfn|Holt|2005|p=132}}