For his part, Henry III successfully prevented the junction of the German and Swiss armies. It was the first victory won by the Huguenots in the battlefield. At the Battle of Coutras, Navarre defeated the royal army led by Joyeuse the duke himself was slain at the battle. Henry sent Joyeuse into the field against Navarre, while he himself intended to meet the approaching German and Swiss armies. The war began when the Catholic League convinced King Henry III to issue an edict outlawing Protestantism and annulling Henry of Navarre’s right to the throne Henry III was possibly influenced by the royal favourite, Anne de Joyeuse.įor the first part of the war, the royalists and the Catholic League were uneasy allies against their common enemy, the Huguenots. The war was instigated by Philip of Spain to keep his enemy, France, from interfering with the Spanish army in the Netherlands and his planned invasion of England. Refer to the War of the Three Henries (977-978).
Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, leader of the Catholic League, funded and supported by Philip II of Spain.
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