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Charles IX of France

Price: $9.95
  

Stock #: 757265
Type: Postcard
Publisher: Neurdein Freres
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
Series 16
Second son of Henry II and Catherine de Medici. Born in 1550. He succeeded his brother Francis II in 1560, under the Regency of Catherine de Medici. Under his reign, religious wars began. The Protestants beaten, they sign the Peace of Saint-Germain (1570). To better deceive them, Charles ordered the marriage of his sister Margaret of Valois to Henry of Navarre (Henry IV); but the Court wanted to be rid of Royalty, so the king ordered the Massacre of St. Bartholomew (24 Aug 1572). Charles IX died in 1574.

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