Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da Henry III ya mutu, Henry na Navarre ya zama sarki na Faransa. Duk da haka, Ƙungiyar Katolika, ta ƙarfafa ta hanyar goyon baya daga waje na kasar - musamman daga Spain - ya kasance mai karfi don hana amincewa da sabon taken. Paparoma ya yanke wa Henry hukunci kuma ya ce ba shi da ikon zama magajin sarauta. Yawancin mashahuran Katolika waɗanda suka haɗu da Henry III don kewaye da Paris sun kuma ƙi amincewa da da'awar Henry na Navarre, kuma sun watsar da shi. Ya fara samun mulkinsa ta hanyar cin nasara ta soja, tare da taimakon kuɗin Ingila da sojojin Jamus. Henry dan uwan Katolika Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon ya zama sarki ta League, amma Cardinal ya kasance fursunonin Henry a lokacin. Henry ya yi nasara a yakin Arques da yakin Ivry
, amma ya kasa ɗaukar Paris bayan kewaye shi a 1590.