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Charles IX of France

1550 - 1574

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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 the two parties after the massacre of Vassy in 1562. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles IX of France is the 379th most popular politician (down from 358th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from France (up from 148th in 2019) and the 35th most popular French Politician.

Charles IX of France is most famous for signing the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which granted Protestants the right to worship in France.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles IX of France ranks 379 out of 19,576. Before him are Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, B. R. Ambedkar, Charles VII of France, Herod Agrippa, and Hugh Capet. After him are Charles the Bald, Muawiyah I, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Viktor Yanukovych, Artaxerxes II of Persia, and Klemens von Metternich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Charles IX of France ranks 1. After him are Safiye Sultan, Willem Barentsz, John Napier, Charles IX of Sweden, John Davis, Do-Aklin, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, and Stanislaus Kostka. Among people deceased in 1574, Charles IX of France ranks 3. Before him are Selim II, and Giorgio Vasari. After him are Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Renée of France, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Maarten van Heemskerck, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, and Ebussuud Efendi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles IX of France ranks 141 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Albert Schweitzer (1875), François Villon (1431), Charles VII of France (1403), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), and Hugh Capet (940). After him are Pope Clement IV (1190), Jean Cocteau (1889), Évariste Galois (1811), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), and Roland Barthes (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles IX of France ranks 35. Before him are Philippe Pétain (1856), Philip II of France (1165), François Hollande (1954), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Charles VII of France (1403), and Hugh Capet (940). After him are Charles I of Anjou (1226), Charles VIII of France (1470), Francis II of France (1544), Charles VI of France (1368), Charles V of France (1338), and Georges Pompidou (1911).

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