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Jun 24, 2022 · Charles IX called for peace, but by that time, the massacre was out of anyone's control. News of the slaughter spread quickly from Paris, inspiring the same in other cities . The event is regarded as among the worst religious massacres in history, igniting the fourth of the French Wars of Religion and leaving thousands dead.
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Sep 23, 2021 · The St Bartholomew Day’s Massacre resulted in the death of up to 10,000 people. It changed the nature of the religious war in France. The wars became more vicious after the massacre the numbers of people killed rose greatly. This reflected the sectarian hatreds that were unleashed by the massacres.
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Apr 9, 2019 · Notorious fourteenth-century monarch, Charles the Bad, was especially wily, playing France and England off each other to expand his territory. Jeanne d'Albret, the last truly Navarrese ruler of Navarre, skillfully negotiated with Catherine de Medici to maintain Navarrese sovereignty and freedom of religion. Words were backed up with a strong arm.
Aug 23, 2022 · On January 8, 1354, Charles de la Cerda was killed at the village of I'Aigle. Charles of Navarre did not hide his role in the assassination, which led to conflict with his father-in-law. Ever the ...
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The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1] One of its most notorious episodes was the ...
- 2 April 1562 – 30 April 1598, (36 years and 4 weeks)
Jun 28, 2022 · Margaret of Valois (l. 1553-1615) was the daughter of Catherine de' Medici (l. 1519-1589) and King Henry II of France (r. 1547-1559). She was betrothed to Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV of France, l. 1553-1610) in an arranged marriage intended to encourage reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots) in France who had been engaged in armed conflict with each other since ...
Mar 3, 2010 · Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. King Charles IX of France, under the sway of his mother, Catherine de Medici, orders the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris, setting off an ...
