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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. Charles IX15501574MFrenchPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 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
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Charles IX., who afterwards became rather too fond of these invasions of burgher homes, supped with a good appetite.

During this evening Charles IX., weary with the day's hunting, looked to be forty years old.

That faithful servant was filled with a distrust not shared by Charles IX., a man to whom life was now a burden.

"The word of a king," replied Charles IX., whose curiosity was keenly excited by the question.

His Charles IX was kept back for nearly two years by the censor.

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