{"slug": "charles-ix-of-france", "label": "Charles IX of France", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX_of_France", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134309", "qid": "Q134309", "description": "King of France (1550–1574)", "entries": 20, "years": 13, "span": [1550, 1575], "span_label": ["1550 CE", "1575 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 8}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "catherine-de-medici", "label": "Catherine de' Medici", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "french-wars-of-religion", "label": "French Wars of Religion", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "huguenots", "label": "Huguenots", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "louis-i-prince-of-conde", "label": "Louis I, Prince of Condé", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-france", "label": "Henry III of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gaspard-ii-de-coligny", "label": "Gaspard II de Coligny", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "regent", "label": "Regent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monarch", "label": "Monarch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "le-havre", "label": "Le Havre", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – King Charles IX of France (d. 1574)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369571608#Births", "title": "1550", "revid": 1369571608, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – Charles IX of France (died 1574)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368069552#Births", "title": "1550 in France", "revid": 1368069552, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Charles IX succeeds his brother Francis as King of France, after Francis dies of a severe ear infection at the age of 16. Francis's mother (Mary's mother-in-law), Catherine de' Medici, becomes regent of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#October–December", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Charles IX of France succeeds his elder brother, Francis II, at the age of ten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736601#Events", "title": "1560 in France", "revid": 1353736601, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – The Edict of 19 April, confirming the recent recommendation by the Estates General, is promulgated by the regency council for King Charles IX of France in an attempt to prevent a civil war between the Roman Catholic and the Protestant Huguenot citizens of France", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#April–June", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 15", "text": "15 May – The coronation of Charles IX", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736610#Events", "title": "1561 in France", "revid": 1353736610, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the Huguenot Louis I, Prince of Condé, and Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France. It accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats. It officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#January–March", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the Huguenot Louis, Prince of Condé, and Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France, according some toleration to Huguenots, especially to aristocrats; this officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736630#Events", "title": "1563 in France", "revid": 1353736630, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – King Charles IX of France agrees to the terms of a treaty with the cantons of Switzerland, agreeing for French payment of debts owed to the Swiss for loans made to Charles's father, King Henri II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#October–December", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Shane O'Neill seeks aid for his cause from Charles IX of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247429095#Events", "title": "1566 in Ireland", "revid": 1247429095, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1566, "year_label": "1566 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Charles IX, King of France, completes his grand tour of his kingdom, returning to Paris a little more than 27 months and 2,500 mi after his departure on January 24, 1564.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365562466#April–June", "title": "1566", "revid": 1365562466, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The Second War of Religion begins in France, when Louis I, Prince of Condé and Gaspard de Coligny fail in an attempt to capture King Charles IX and his mother at Meaux. The Huguenots do capture several cities (including Orléans), and march on Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#July–September", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – The Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. Again Catherine de' Medici and Charles IX make substantial concessions to the Huguenots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#January–March", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Michele Bonelli is sent as the legate a latere by Pope Pius V to work directly with King Charles IX of France. From June 18 until his new assignment, Bonelli had been the legate to the King of Spain and the King of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#October–December", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1572, "year_label": "1572 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – St. Bartholomew's Day massacre: Catholics in Paris murder thousands of Protestants, including Gaspard de Coligny and Petrus Ramus, at the order of King Charles IX, with Catherine de Medici's connivance. Henry of Navarre and the Prince of Condé barely escape the same fate. This brings about the Fourth War of Religion in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370792520#July–September", "title": "1572", "revid": 1370792520, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – The Edict of Boulogne is signed by Charles IX of France, granting limited rights to Huguenots, and ending the Fourth War of Religion in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656331#July–September", "title": "1573", "revid": 1366656331, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – On the death of King Charles IX of France of a tubercular condition at the Château de Vincennes, he is succeeded by his brother King Henry of Poland, who becomes King Henry III of France. His mother, Catherine de' Medici, acts as Regent, until Henry arrives from Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#April–June", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – King Charles IX of France (b. 1550)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#Deaths", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Charles IX of France (b. 1550)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736711#Deaths", "title": "1574 in France", "revid": 1353736711, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1575, "year_label": "1575 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – The formal coronation of Henry III as King of France takes place at the Reims Cathedral. Henry inherited the throne on May 30, 1574, upon the death of his older brother, Charles IX. He marries Louise of Lorraine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362481402#January–March", "title": "1575", "revid": 1362481402, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}