Person:Charles IX of France (1)

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Charles IX of France
b.27 Jun 1550
d.30 May 1574
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m. 28 OCT 1533
  1. Francis II of France1544 - 1560
  2. Elisabeth of Valois1545 - 1568
  3. Claude of Valois1547 - 1575
  4. Louis of Valois1549 - 1550
  5. Charles IX of France1550 - 1574
  6. Henry III of France1551 - 1589
  7. Marguerite de Valois1553 - 1615
  8. François , Duke of Anjou1555 - 1584
  9. Victoria of Valois1556 - 1556
  10. Joan of Valois1556 - 1556
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  1. Marie Elisabeth of Valois1572 - 1578
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  • H.  Charles IX of France1550 - 1574
  • W.  Marie Touchet1549 - 1638
  1. Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême1573 - 1650
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Name Charles IX of France
Gender Male
Birth[1] 27 Jun 1550
Death[1] 30 May 1574


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Charles IX (27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1560 until his death. He ascended the throne of France upon the death of his brother Francis II.

After raging on and off for decades, the French Wars of Religion between Protestants and Catholics renewed in the wake of the Massacre of Vassy in 1562. In 1572, after several unsuccessful peace attempts, Charles ordered the marriage of his sister Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre, a major Protestant leader and the future King Henry IV of France, in a last desperate bid to reconcile his people.

Facing popular hostility against this policy of appeasement, Charles allowed the massacre of all Huguenot leaders who gathered in Paris for the royal wedding at the instigation of his mother Catherine de' Medici. This event, known as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, crippled the Huguenot movement.

Charles sought to take advantage of the disarray of the Huguenots by ordering the Siege of La Rochelle, but was unable to take the Protestant stronghold.

He died without legimate issue in 1574 and was succeeded by his brother Henry III.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charles IX of France, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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