 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Charles IX akafa muna 1574 uye Duke weAnjou akagara nhaka chigaro cheumambo cheFrance saHenry III. Pakati pa 1578 na 1581 Mambokadzi akamutsidzira kuedza kutaurirana muchato ne munununa waHenry III, Duke weAlençon, uyo akanga azviisa pamberi semudziviriri wevaHuguenot uye mutungamiri anogona wechiDutch. Walsingham akatumirwa kuFrance pakati pa1581 kuzokurukura mubatanidzwa weAnglo-French, asi maFrance aida kuti muchato ubvumirwe kutanga uye Walsingham aive pasi pemirairo yekuwana chibvumirano asati azvipira kumuchato. Akadzokera kuEngland pasina chibvumirano. Iye pachake, Walsingham akaramba roorano yacho, zvichida kusvikira kupfundo rokukurudzira chishoro chavose. Alençon akanga ari muKaturike uye sezvo mukoma wake mukuru, Henry III, akanga asina mwana, iye akanga ari mugari wenhaka wepamberi pachigaro choumambo cheFrance. Erizabheti akanga apfuura zera rokubereka vana uye akanga asina mutsivi akajeka. Kana akafa apo akanga akaroorwa naye, umambo hwake hwaigona kuwira mukutonga kweFrance. Kupfurikidza nokuenzanisa kuroorana kwaElizabeth naAlençon nokuroorana kwaHenry wePurotesitendi weNavarre naMargaret weKaturike weValois, uko kwakaitika muvhiki pamberi pokuurawa kwezuva raSt. Bartholomew, chinoitika chinotyisa zvikurusa chaakanga amboona, Walsingham akasimudza chipoko chenyongano dzorudzidziso muEngland muchiitiko chomuchato. Elizabeth akashivirira zano rake risina kunanga, kazhinji risingadiwi, uye akabvuma zvitendero zvake zvakasimba mutsamba, umo akamudana kuti Moor wake asingakwanisi kuchinja ruvara rwake. 