Franco. Visiting a Venice eager for military aid, the "French king" chooses her from among the famous courtesans of that city because he notices her reluctance; placing a blade at her neck, he tells Veronica that the "rumours" about him are true (that "the king is a pervert"), and the implication is made that Veronica pleases him enormously by first correctly guessing at and then indulging his fetish for BDSM domination. (When the king emerges from Franco's house in the morning, the assembled Venetian nobility awaiting, he smiles broadly while carefully settling his presumably sore posterior on a pillow, and then declares that the French navy shall assist the Venetians against the Ottoman Empire in defense of their rule of Cyprus.) He is played by the British actor Jake Weber. Television In an episode of Animaniacs entitled "The Three Muska-Warners", an Elmer Fudd–like Henri III is protected by Yakko, Wakko and Dot. In this version, Henri is portrayed by Jeff Bennett as a very old man who acts nervous and jumpy, and for no apparent reason speaks with an English accent. He is also featured in a few episodes in the first and fourth seasons of the CW show Reign. In the show's fourth season, Henry is played by Nick Slater. With his brother showing little interest in the job, Spain wants Henry to become France's king. Opera Chabrier's opéra-comique Le roi malgré lui (1887) deals with the unhappy Polish episode, with Henri as the reluctant King of Poland. In Kraków, he conspires with Polish nobles to depose himself. His friend Nangis changes places with him, but in the end, the plot fails and the curtain falls on Henri being crowned. See also Chicot History of Poland (1569–1795) Les Mignons Louis Duret Notes References Crawford, Katherine B., "Love, Sodomy, and Scandal: Controlling the Sexual Reputation of Henry III", Journal of the History of Sexuality'', vol. 12 (2003), 513–42 External links Portraits of Henri III historytoday |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1550s in France 1551 births 1589 deaths 16th-century kings of France 16th-century Polish monarchs 16th-century LGBT people 16th-century murdered monarchs 16th-century peers of France Ancien Régime Assassinated French people Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis Deaths by stabbing in France Dukes of Angoulême Dukes of Anjou Dukes of Orléans French people of the French Wars of Religion Grand Dukes of Lithuania Heirs presumptive to the French throne House