Charles IX of France
1550 CE – 1574 CE
Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the House of Valois. Charles's reign saw the culmination of decades of tension between Protestants and Catholics.
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Born · 1550 CE
1572 CESt Bartholomews Day Massacre BeginsThe Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre (French: Massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy) in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob…
Died · 1574 CE
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Catherine de' Medici
Margaret of Valois
Henry IV of France