Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yawancin Katolika na Faransa, waɗanda aka tsara a cikin Catholic League, sun ƙi amincewa da wani masarautar Furotesta kuma a maimakon haka sun yarda da kawun Henry IV, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, a matsayin sarki na gaskiya, kuma yakin basasa ya ci gaba. Henry ya sami nasara mai muhimmanci a Ivry
a ranar 14 ga Maris 1590 kuma, bayan mutuwar Cardinal a wannan shekarar, dakarun kungiyar sun rasa dan takarar Katolika a bayyane ga 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.