Ka cika wannan magana: Yawancin 'yan Katolika na Faransa, da suka kafa Ƙungiyar 'yan Katolika, sun ƙi amincewa da wani sarki ɗan Furotesta kuma suka amince da kawun Henry na huɗu, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, a matsayin sarki na gaskiya, kuma yaƙin basasa ya ci gaba. Henry ya sami nasara mai mahimmanci a
Ivry a ranar 14 ga Maris 1590 kuma, bayan mutuwar Cardinal a wannan shekarar, sojojin kungiyar ba su da wani dan takarar Katolika a bayyane don kursiyin kuma sun kasu kashi daban-daban. Duk da haka, da yake shi ɗan Furotesta ne, Henry na huɗu bai iya kwace birnin Paris ba, wanda ya kasance sansanin 'yan Katolika, ko kuma ya ci magabtansa da yaƙi, waɗanda yanzu 'yan Spain suke goyon bayansu. Ya sake komawa Katolika a 1593 - an ce ya lura, "Paris ya cancanci taro" - kuma an naɗa shi sarki a baya zuwa 1589 a Cathedral na Chartres a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu, 1594.