King Charles IX of France
Another name for Charles was Charles IX de Valois. General Notes: Charles IX (1550-74), King of France, son of Henry II, and Catherine de Medici, succeeded to the throne at the age of ten on the death of his brother, Francis II. His mother became regent, and consolidated her power during his reign; but when the Huguenots became too powerful she plotted with the Guises, and tricked her son into giving consent to the infamous massacre of St. Bartholomew, on Aug. 24, 1572. Charles was seized with remorse, and died at Vincennes. See De la Bare-Duparcq’s Histoire de Charles IX (1875). [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935] Charles married Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria, daughter of Maximilian II of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor and Unknown, on 26 Nov 1570 in Mézières, Champagne-Ardenne, France.713 (Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria was born on 5 Jun 1554,713 died on 22 Jan 1591/92 in Vienna, Wien, Austria 713 and was buried in 1592 in Vienna, Wien, Austria 713.) Charles also had a relationship with Marie Touchet, Dame of Belleville. (Marie Touchet, Dame of Belleville was born in 1549 in Orléans, Centre, France 713 and died on 28 Mar 1638 in Paris, Île-de-France, France 713.) |