Wednesday, May 07, 2008
RANDOM EB POST
CHARLES IX- 1550-1574, king of france. 2nd son of Henry II + Catherine de medici. at 10 succeeded his brother francis II. his mother regent. war between hugenots. 1570 declared himself convinced that they needed religtous conformity + wanted to reconcile w/hugenots. sis married to youngest H, king of navarre.(mother plotting) causd him to ignore the masscre of St. Bartholmew's day 1572. this weighed on him after and died 2 years later.
