Claim: The first French king of the House of Bourbon succeeded Henry III of France.
Evidence: In 1589 , Jacques Clément , a Catholic fanatic , murdered Henry III , who was succeeded by the King of Navarre who , as Henry IV , would assume the throne of France after converting to Catholicism , and become the first French king of the House of Bourbon.
He was the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon , a branch of the Capetian dynasty.