Editing French Wars of Religion (section)

=== Assassination of Henry III (1589) ===
[[File:Jacques Clément.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Jacques Clément]], a supporter of the [[Catholic League (French)|Catholic League]], assassinating [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] in 1589]]
It thus fell upon the younger brother of the Duke of Guise, the [[Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne|Duke of Mayenne]], to lead the Catholic League. The League presses began printing anti-royalist tracts under a variety of pseudonyms, while the [[Collège de Sorbonne|Sorbonne]] proclaimed on 7&nbsp;January 1589 that it was just and necessary to depose Henry&nbsp;III, and that any private citizen was morally free to commit [[regicide]].<ref name="J. Knecht, p. 72"/> In July&nbsp;1589, in the royal camp at [[Saint-Cloud]], a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar named [[Jacques Clément]] gained an audience with the King and drove a long knife into his spleen. Clément was killed on the spot, taking with him the information of who, if anyone, had hired him. On his deathbed, Henry&nbsp;III called for [[Henry of Navarre]], and begged him, in the name of [[Public administration|statecraft]], to become a Catholic, citing the brutal warfare that would ensue if he refused.<ref>Knecht 1996, p.&nbsp;73.</ref> In keeping with [[Salic Law]], he named Henry as his heir.{{sfn|Knecht|2016|p=304}} However, many Catholics considered Navarre's Protestantism to be unacceptable. Navarre later declared that he would uphold the Catholic faith without changes.{{sfn|Knecht|2014b|p=238}}