Henry IV Crowned at Chartres
February 27, 1594
Unable to use Reims, which was held by the Catholic League, Henry IV had himself anointed and crowned King of France at Chartres Cathedral. The ceremony reused the chrism from a medieval ampulla. Within weeks the new king entered Paris to general relief and began the long stitching-together of his exhausted country.
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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.