Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 4:45 p.m., May 06, 2022
At the court of Pau, the future Henri IV (1553-1610) lived surrounded by animals.
His monkeys, Bertrand and Robert, have a horse that allows them to follow the court wherever it goes.
His dog, Citron, is his most faithful friend.
As for the horse of the good King Henry, was he as white as the legend suggests?
Some historians argue that the white color of Henry IV's horse is just a misnomer.
The king indeed requires that his mount be washed every day, in order to make it as clean as a white cloth.
"White" could also be the name given to this horse, which has become the king's favorite beast.
When the latter died in 1610, his wife, Marie de Médicis (1575-1642), had the very first equestrian statue in Paris erected.