the royal-protestant army defeated the leaguers at the battle of senlis and surrounded paris. before they could capture the city, king henry iii was killed by a leaguer but named as his heir henry of navarre, a protestant, before he died. the king if france was now henry iv, who defeated leaguer armies at the battle of arques (1589) and the battle of ivry (1590) but could not completely defeat the leaguers. in 1593, king henry iv converted to catholicism.