Charles IX
Americannoun
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1550–74, king of France 1560–74.
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1550–1611, king of Sweden 1604–11 (son of Gustavus I).
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Catherine de’ Medici used the method in 1570 — a time she governed France while her ill son, King Charles IX, sat on its throne.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2022
A long line of kings�Francis II, Charles IX, Louis XIII�cut some mean figures on the palace dance floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to legend, King Charles IX of France was brought to his deathbed by his passion for sounding lung-lacerating halloos on the hunting horn.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the reign of her first son, sickly Frangois II, she waited and watched; at his death she declared herself Regent for her second surviving son, 10-year-old Charles IX.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oldest surviving violin made according to the design we recognise today is generally agreed to be one constructed by Andrea Amati of Cremona for Charles IX, King of France, in 1564.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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