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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' reign saw the culmination of decades of tension between Protestants and Catholics. Civil and religious war broke out between ...
Charles IX (born June 27, 1550, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris—died May 30, 1574, Vincennes, France) was the king of France from 1560, remembered for authorizing the massacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 23–24, 1572, on the advice of his mother, Catherine de Médicis. The second son of Henry II and Catherine, Charles ...
Charles IX of France. (Former King of France (1560 - 1574)) Charles IX was the king of France from 1560 to 1574. He was a monarch of the ‘House of Valois–Angoulême’ and son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. France witnessed a number of wars of religion, including the appalling ‘St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre’ of ...
Charles IX ( to the right) was born on June 27, 1550 as Charles Maximilien, a younger son of Henry II of France (1519-1559) and Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589). Immediately after Charles’ birth, his father rushed back to his elder mistress, Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566) 1, who lived at Anet. Charles and his siblings often travelled by ...
Catherine de’ Medici might say that the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew’s Day was never intended to happen. After all, she was originally involved in a plan to kill only one person, not thousands. The start of the massacre can be traced to familial, and religious, origins. King Charles IX of France was Catherine’s second son to sit on the ...
Aug 17, 2024 · Charles IX. Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day, massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris on August 24/25, 1572, plotted by Catherine de’ Medici and carried out by Roman Catholic nobles and other citizens. It was one event in the series of civil wars between Roman Catholics and Huguenots that beset France in the late 16th century.
May 29, 2018 · Charles IX (1550–74) King of France (1560–74). Charles succeeded his brother Francis II in 1560, and his mother Catherine de' Medici became regent. Her authority waned when, in 1571, the young king fell under the influence of Gaspard de Coligny, leader of the Huguenots.Coligny and thousands of followers were slain in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572), ordered by Charles at the ...
Quick Reference. (1550–74), King of France, was the second son of King Henri II and Catherine de Médicis; before his accession he was known as duke of Orléans. In 1560, aged 10 ... From: Charles IX in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance ». Subjects: History — Early Modern History (1500 to 1700)
Aug 7, 2019 · Charles IX of France was born on June 27, 1550, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The second son of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici, he was not raised as dauphin; however, following the death of his elder brother Francis II in 1560, he became king of France at the early age of nine. Footnote 1 His mother Catherine de Medici acted as regent until his majority in 1563 but remained an ...
Charles IX, 1550–74, king of France. He succeeded (1560) his brother Francis II under the regency of his mother, Catherine de' Medici. She retained her influence throughout his reign. After 1570, however, Charles was temporarily under the sway of the
