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Henri II of France

King of France who died in July 1559 from a lance wound sustained in a ceremonial joust, an event popularly, and contestedly, linked to one of Nostradamus's quatrains.

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  • Nostradamus Genuine-Prediction Claim

    Henri II of France supports Nostradamus Genuine-Prediction Claim — The quatrain popularly linked to his 1559 jousting death names no king, date, or country; historians treat the correspondence as a striking coincidence, not confirmed foreknowledge.

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