IOTL Jean Châtel almost killed Henry IV of France on December 27th 1594. WI he had been luckier and succeeded?
De jure, the next king of France should be Henry II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, a 06-years-old boy, who was regard as a bastard by Henry IV.
However, the prince of Condé wasn't a heir of Navarre, and as Henry IV would die childless in 1594 the next monarch of that kingdom would be his sister, Catherine. She was 35-years-old, unmarried, and probably could still have children. But, if she dies childless, then the Navarrese line of succession becomes a mess, but it seems that the best claim would go to Henri II, Duke of Rohan-Gié (whose father, René II, was the eldest male son of Isabelle d'Albret, sister of Henry II of Navarre). Both Catherine and the Duke of Rohan were deeply Protestants.
So, what could be the consequences of a dead Henry IV of France in 1594?
De jure, the next king of France should be Henry II de Bourbon, prince de Condé, a 06-years-old boy, who was regard as a bastard by Henry IV.
However, the prince of Condé wasn't a heir of Navarre, and as Henry IV would die childless in 1594 the next monarch of that kingdom would be his sister, Catherine. She was 35-years-old, unmarried, and probably could still have children. But, if she dies childless, then the Navarrese line of succession becomes a mess, but it seems that the best claim would go to Henri II, Duke of Rohan-Gié (whose father, René II, was the eldest male son of Isabelle d'Albret, sister of Henry II of Navarre). Both Catherine and the Duke of Rohan were deeply Protestants.
So, what could be the consequences of a dead Henry IV of France in 1594?