(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130212-king-henri-reconstruction-jsa-3.photoblog600.jpg)Philippe Roesch / Visual Forensic via AFP - Getty ImagesA computer generated image shows a reconstruction of the head of French King Henri IV (1553-1610) made after a panel of forensic scientists identified the skull of the king who was murdered at the age of 57 on May 14, 1610, by a fanatic.(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130212-king-henri-reconstruction-jsa-4.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Bellet-gabet / Bellet / Galaxy Press via AFP - Getty ImagesThe mummified head of French King Henri IV.Scientists revealed the reconstructed head of French King Henri IV (1553-1610) (http://www.henri4.culture.fr/#/en/uc/00) during a press conference in Paris on Tuesday. This reconstruction was made three years after a panel of forensic scientists identified the skull of the king, who was murdered by a fanatic, at the age of 57 on May 14, 1610.
Scientists headed by France's Philippe Charlier found a common genetic profile between the mummified head of Henri IV and dried blood from his descendant, Louis XVI.
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Related: King Richard III's face revealed after 500 years (http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/05/16852349-king-richard-iiis-face-revealed-after-500-years?lite)Follow @NBCNewsPictures (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsPictures) (http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-130212-king-henri-reconstruction-jsa-2.photoblog600.jpg)Loic Venance / AFP - Getty ImagesThe skull of French King Henri IV and, at right, its reconstruction, appear on a screen during a press conference in Paris on Feb. 12.
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