Ka cika wannan jumlar: Spain ta saka hannu a yaƙin addini a Faransa bayan mutuwar Henry na II. A shekara ta 1589, Henry III, na ƙarshe na zuriyar Valois, ya mutu a ganuwar Paris. Wanda ya gaje shi, Henry IV na Faransa, sarki na farko na Bourbon na Faransa, mutum ne mai iyawa sosai, yana samun manyan nasarori akan Kungiyar Katolika a Arques (1589) da
Ivry (1590). Domin sun ƙuduri aniyar hana Henry zama Sarkin Faransa, Mutanen Espanya suka raba rundunarsu a Netherlands kuma suka mamaye Faransa a shekara ta 1590.