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Charles IX of France

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Charles IX

 

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Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story - King Charles IX of France (April Fool's Day)

 

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Charles IX (24-33)

 

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Charles IX : les rois de France en 1 minute

 

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Charles IX was King of France from 1560 until his death from tuberculosis. He ascended the throne of France upon the death of his brother Francis II. Charles was the twelfth king from the House of Valois, the fifth from the Valois-Orléans branch, and the fourth from the Valois-Orléans-Angoulême branch.
    • Personal 

    • Childhood 

    • Accession to the throne 

    • First war of religion 

    • Relations with the Huguenots 

    • Armed peace 

    • Second and third war of religion 

    • Marriage and children 

    • Coligny's ascendancy and the massacre 

    • Decline and death 

    • In fiction