158. Was Champlain’s father King Henri IV ?

Samuel Champlain’s powerful friendship and special relationship with his monarch King Henri IV is in part well-documented but also shrouded in mystery. Henri’s many favors to Champlain and his family were acts of extraordinary largesse. What was the origin of this special relationship between a great king, a family of humble origins, and a youth of modest rank? Henri was Samuel's Monarch, Sponsor, Mentor, Patron, Friend... but was he also his Father?

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