Henri tries to get comfortable as king surrounded by his minions and scholars while Catherine’s problem son, François d’Alençon, helps cause the Wars of Religion to break out again.
A portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of François, Duke of Alençon and Anjou (circa 1577). An anonymously written satirical Flemish print, “Queen Elizabeth Feeds the Dutch Cow” (c. 1586). Queen Elizabeth feeds the cow representing the Netherlands, William of Orange holds it by the horns, Philip II causes it to bleed while trying to ride it, and the Spanish governor of the Netherlands, the Duke of Alba, milks it. Meanwhile François d’Alençon tries to hold it by the tail as it defecates on him.
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