Charles IX Biography

Birth of Charles IX, 2nd son of Henry II & Catherine de Medicus

The "Amboise conspiracy", or "Tumult of Amboise", the attempt on the part of a group of disaffected nobles (led by Jean du Barry, seigneur de la Renaudie) to abduct the young king and eliminate the Guise faction, is foiled

Charles IX, succeeds as King of France, a Kingdom ruled by his mother Catherine de Medici

The "Amboise conspiracy", or "Tumult of Amboise", the attempt on the part of a group of disaffected nobles (led by Jean du Barry, seigneur de la Renaudie) to abduct the young king and eliminate the Guise faction, is foiled

Charles IX succeeds Francis II as King of France

Charles IX rules as a minor under Catherine de Medici's regency

Religious conference is held under the authority of young Charles IX

The royal government grants limited toleration to Huguenots

Charles IX and Catherine begin a royal tour to restore authority after civil war

Full rule of Charles IX without Catherine de Medicus

The royal government grants limited toleration and ends the first war

Royal forces begin the siege to expel the English from Le Havre

French royal forces recover Le Havre from the English garrison

Charles IX is declared of age during a royal session at Rouen

Signs the Treaty of St Germain, ends the 3rd War of Religion

Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots

Charles IX & Catherine de Medici sanction the massacre of Huguenots

Persuaded by his mother Catherine de Medicus to order the St Batholomews day massacre

Hostilities end by the election (11¿15 May 1573) of the Duke of Anjou to the throne of Poland and by the Edict of Boulogne (signed in July 1573), which curtailed many of the rights granted to French Protestants

The Edict of Boulogne, also called the Edict of Pacification of Boulogne and the Peace of La Rochelle, is signed by King Charles IX of France in the Chateau de Madrid in the Bois de Boulogne

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer ends the 4th War of Religion favorably for the Huguenots

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer officially ends the 4th phase of the French Wars of Religion (set off by the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August 1572

Huguenots are granted an amnesty for their past actions and the freedom of belief

Huguenots are permitted the freedom to worship only within the towns of La Rochelle, Montauban, and Nimes within their own residences

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer officially ends the 4th phase of the French Wars of Religion (set off by the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in August 1572

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer is officially registered by the Parlement of Paris

The Edict of Boulogne-sur-Mer is officially registered by the Parlement of Paris