claim: Henry III of France was succeeded by Henry IV, founder of the House of Bourbon.
evidence: The House of Bourbon -LRB- -LSB- langˈbɔrbən -RSB- -LSB- buʁˈbɔ -RSB- -RRB- is a European royal house of French origin , a branch of the Capetian dynasty -LRB- -LSB- kəˈpiːʃən -RSB- -RRB- .. Capetian dynasty. Capetian dynasty. French. French people. royal house. dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century .. France. France. Navarre. Navarre. By the 18th century , members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain , Naples , Sicily , and Parma .. Spain. Spain. Naples. List of monarchs of Naples. Sicily. List of monarchs of Sicily. Parma. Duke of Parma. Spain and Luxembourg currently have Bourbon monarchs .. Spain. Spain. Luxembourg. Luxembourg. The royal Bourbons originated in 1268 , when the heiress of the lordship of Bourbon married a younger son of King Louis IX .. lordship of Bourbon. Sire de Bourbon. Louis IX. Louis IX of France. The house continued for three centuries as a cadet branch , while more senior Capetians ruled France , until Henry IV became the first Bourbon king of France in 1589 .. France. France. cadet branch. cadet branch. Henry IV. Henry IV of France. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). Bourbon monarchs then unified France with the small kingdom of Navarre , which Henry 's father had acquired by marriage in 1555 , and ruled until the 1792 overthrow of the monarchy during the French Revolution .. France. France. Navarre. Navarre. French. French people. kingdom of Navarre. kingdom of Navarre. French Revolution. French Revolution. Restored briefly in 1814 and definitively in 1815 after the fall of the First French Empire , the senior line of the Bourbons was finally overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830 .. July Revolution. July Revolution. French. French people. First French Empire. First French Empire. A cadet Bourbon branch , the House of Orleans , then ruled for 18 years -LRB- 1830 -- 1848 -RRB- , until it too was overthrown .. House of Orleans. House of Orleans. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). The Princes de Conde were a cadet branch of the Bourbons descended from an uncle of Henry IV , and the Princes de Conti were a cadet branch of the Conde .. cadet branch. cadet branch. Henry IV. Henry IV of France. Princes de Conde. Princes of Conde. Princes de Conti. Princes of Conti. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). Both houses were prominent in French affairs , even during exile in the French Revolution , until their respective extinctions in 1830 and 1814 .. French. French people. French Revolution. French Revolution. When the Bourbons inherited the strongest claim to the Spanish throne , the claim was passed to a cadet Bourbon prince , a grandson of Louis XIV of France , who became Philip V of Spain .. France. France. Spain. Spain. Spanish. Spaniards. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). Louis XIV of France. Louis XIV of France. Philip V of Spain. Philip V of Spain. Permanent separation of the French and Spanish thrones was secured when France and Spain ratified Philip 's renunciation , for himself and his descendants , of the French throne in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1714 , and similar arrangements later kept the Spanish throne separate from those of the Two Sicilies and Parma .. France. France. Spain. Spain. French. French people. Spanish. Spaniards. Parma. Duke of Parma. ratified. ratification. renunciation. renunciation. Treaty of Utrecht. Treaty of Utrecht. the Two Sicilies. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The Spanish House of Bourbon -LRB- rendered in Spanish as Borbon -LSB- borˈβon -RSB- -RRB- has been overthrown and restored several times , reigning 1700 -- 1808 , 1813 -- 1868 , 1875 -- 1931 , and since 1975 .. Spanish. Spaniards. Bourbons ruled in Naples from 1734 -- 1806 and in Sicily from 1734 -- 1816 , and in a unified Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1816 -- 1860 .. Naples. List of monarchs of Naples. Sicily. List of monarchs of Sicily. the Two Sicilies. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. List of monarchs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. They also ruled in Parma from 1731 -- 1735 , 1748 -- 1802 and 1847 -- 1859 .. Parma. Duke of Parma. Charlotte , Grand Duchess of Luxembourg married a cadet of the Parmese line and thus her successors , who have ruled Luxembourg since her abdication in 1964 , have also been members of the House of Bourbon .. Luxembourg. Luxembourg. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). Isabel , Princess Imperial of Brazil , regent for her father , Pedro II of the Empire of Brazil , married a cadet of the Orleans line and thus their descendants , known as the Orleans-Braganza , were in the line of succession to the Brazilian throne and expected to ascend its throne had the monarchy not been abolished by revolution in 1889 .. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). Pedro II. Pedro II of Brazil. Empire of Brazil. Empire of Brazil. Orleans-Braganza. Brazilian Imperial Family. line of succession to the Brazilian throne. Line of succession to the former Brazilian throne. All legitimate , living members of the House of Bourbon , including its cadet branches , are direct agnatic descendants of Henry IV .. Henry IV. Henry IV of France. cadet. cadet ( genealogy ). agnatic descendants. Primogeniture#Agnatic primogeniture