Charles IX

noun

1. 1550–74, king of France 1560–74.

2. 1550–1611, king of Sweden 1604–11 (son of Gustavus I).

Charles IX

noun

1. 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics