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Add me please! I'm so glad he's been added to the show. The French Wars of Religion are so fascinating to me and I've always greatly admired the Bourbon and Coligny families. Sean is a good actor too, so hopefully it should make for a good story line.

Louis was once actually in quite serious negotiations to marry Elizabeth I, while she was still a princess, during the reign of Edward VI. Elizabeth remained an ally to the Bourbon family throughout the wars of religion and even sent money to Louis's sister in law the Queen of Navarre (Henry II's first cousin). Conde's rebellions against the Valois family attracted many English volunteers including Walter Raleigh, who would later become famous for introducing tobacco and potatoes to England after his expeditions to America. I mention this because this could fit in nicely with the story line they established last year. Even though historically Conde didn't have much of a personal relationship with Mary.