| “ | I am who I am. I want what I want. And I take what I want. If that scares you, if it repels you, then you're with the wrong man. | ” |
— Henri to Nicole in A Bride. A Box. A Body.
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Henri de Valois is a minor character in the first and third season and later a recurring character in the fourth season of Reign. He is portrayed by Jackson Hodge-Carter in Season One. He was recast in Season Three and was played by Tomaso Sanelli, and later recast again for the third and last time in Season Four, and was played by Nick Slater.
He is the youngest son of Catherine and Henry, and the current Dauphin of France. He has returned to French Court at his sister Leeza's behest to take the French throne from his older brother, Charles IX. Henri is a member of the House of Valois by birth.
In the Series
Season One
In Left Behind, he and his brothers are held captive by the Neapolitan Count Vincent who was planning on using them for ransom as revenge against France, particularly the King, because of the unjust death of his own son. During their escape, his older brother Francis had to stab a man; his other brother Charles shielded his eyes from the sight. They are both immediately ushered out of the room and, along with the other inhabitants of the castle, escaped the castle through the secret passageway that would lead them to the stables.
In Royal Blood, Charles and Henri are taken by Mary and Bash to the Frost Fair where they play with other children. On the road the three - Mary, Charles and Henri, are attacked by villagers. Later, Henri and Charles are kidnapped by Clarissa, and as she tries to kill them Bash, Catherine, and Mary arrive to save them. Mary kills Clarissa, and Charles and Henri run into the waiting arms of their mother, Catherine.
Season Three
In Spiders in a Jar, Henry is brought back to court by Catherine in order to show Charles that he can be easily replaced by any of his brothers.
Season Four
In A Bride. A Box. A Body., he is seen trying on an earring belonging to Nicole. He rushes off when Nicole catches him and asks if he likes how it looks on him. Later on when Nicole confronts him, he claims he liked to wear corsets, jewelry, etc. He also confesses his love to her, and she returned his feelings by having sex with him.
Physical Appearance
Henry is a tall and muscular man with slicked back blonde hair and blue eyes.
Appearances
| Season One | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status | ||
| Pilot | Absent | ||
| Snakes in the Garden | Absent | ||
| Kissed | Absent | ||
| Hearts and Minds | Absent | ||
| A Chill in the Air | Absent | ||
| Chosen | Absent | ||
| Left Behind | Appears | ||
| Fated | Absent | ||
| For King and Country | Absent | ||
| Sacrifice | Absent | ||
| Inquisition | Absent | ||
| Royal Blood | Appears | ||
| The Consummation | Absent | ||
| Dirty Laundry | Absent | ||
| The Darkness | Absent | ||
| Monsters | Absent | ||
| Liege Lord | Absent | ||
| No Exit | Absent | ||
| Toy Soldiers | Absent | ||
| Higher Ground | Absent | ||
| Long Live the King | Absent | ||
| Slaughter of Innocence | Absent | ||
| Season Three | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status | ||
| Three Queens, Two Tigers | Absent | ||
| Betrothed | Absent | ||
| Extreme Measures | Absent | ||
| The Price | Absent | ||
| In a Clearing | Absent | ||
| Fight or Flight | Absent | ||
| The Hound and the Hare | Absent | ||
| Our Undoing | Absent | ||
| Wedlock | Absent | ||
| Bruises That Lie | Absent | ||
| Succession | Absent | ||
| No Way Out | Absent | ||
| Strange Bedfellows | Absent | ||
| To The Death | Absent | ||
| Safe Passage | Absent | ||
| Clans | Absent | ||
| Intruders | Absent | ||
| Spiders in a Jar | Appears | ||
| Season Four | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Appearance Status | ||
| With Friends Like These | Absent | ||
| A Grain of Deception | Absent | ||
| Leaps of Faith | Absent | ||
| Playing with Fire | Absent | ||
| Highland Games | Absent | ||
| Love & Death | Absent | ||
| Hanging Swords | Mentioned | ||
| Uncharted Waters | Mentioned | ||
| Pulling Strings | Absent | ||
| A Better Man | Appears | ||
| Dead of Night | Appears | ||
| The Shakedown | Appears | ||
| Coup de Grace | Appears | ||
| A Bride. A Box. A Body. | Appears | ||
| Blood in the Water | Appears | ||
| All It Cost Her | Appears | ||
Trivia
- He enjoys wearing women's clothing on occasion.
- His first time trying women's clothing was a chemise he stole from his father's mistress.
- Historically, he was born as Edward Alexander of France (French: Alexandre Édouard de France).
- Historically, he had 3 half-siblings and 6 more siblings from his parents' marriage.
- He is not the youngest; Francis, Duke of Anjou was the youngest and the Duke died before Henry III.
- Historically, he was Catherine de' Medici's favorite son, she called him chers yeux ("precious eyes").
- Historically, he was brunette, not blonde.
- As the fourth son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, Henri was not expected to assume the throne of France. He was thus a good candidate for the vacant Polish throne, and he was elected with the dual titles King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. He abandoned Poland upon receiving word that he had inherited the throne of France at the age of 22.
- Historically, he was the last French monarch of the Valois dynasty. His successor, Henry IV of Navarre, began the rule of the House of Bourbon.
- He died when he was 37 years old after being assassinated.
- He has been recast a total of three times.
Gallery
Henri de Valois has a photo gallery. |
See Also