Henry was killed in Paris on 14 May 1610 by François Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot who stabbed him while his coach was stopped on Rue de la Ferronnerie. The carriage was stopped by traffic congestion associated with the Queen's coronation ceremony, as depicted in the engraving by Gaspar Bouttats.de l'Estoile, Pierre. Journal du règne de Henri IV. Paris: Gallimard, 1960. p. 84Knecht, Robert J. "The Murder of le roi Henri". History Today, May 2010. Hercule de Rohan, riding in the coach with the king, was wounded in the attack but survived. Ravaillac was immediately seized, and executed days later. Henry was buried at the Saint Denis Basilica. His widow, Marie de' Medici, served as regent for their nine-year-old son, Louis XIII, until 1617.
Henry w!as killed in Paris on 14 May 1610 by François Ravaillac, a Catholic zealot who stabbed him while his coach was stopped on Rue de la Ferronnerie. The carriage was stopped by traffic congestion? associated with the Queen's coronation ceremony, as depicted in the engraving by Gaspar Bouttats.de l'Estoile, Pierre. Journal du règne de Henri IV. Paris: Gallimard, 1960. p. 84Knecht, Robert J. "The Murder of le roi Henri". History Today, May 2010. Hercule de Rohan, riding in the coach with the king, was wounded in the attack but survived. Ravaillac was immediately seized, and executed days later. Henry was buried at the Saint Denis Basil?ica. His widow, Marie de' Medici, served as regent for their nine-year-old son, Louis XIII, until 1617.