War of the Three Henrys
The War of the Three Henrys (French: Guerre des trois Henri), also known as the Eighth War of Religion (French: Huitième guerre de Religion), took place during 1585–1589, and was the eighth conflict in the series of civil wars in France known as the French Wars of Religion. It was a three-way war fought between King Henry III of France, supported by the royalists and the politiques; King Henry of Navarre, later Henry IV of France, heir presumptive to the French throne and leader of the Huguenots, supported by Elizabeth I of England and the German Protestant princes; and Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, leader of the Catholic League, funded and supported by Philip II of Spain.