# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-ix-of-france
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:03:30.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-ix-of-france"
name: "Charles IX of France"
slug: "charles-ix-of-france"
description: "A French king who tried to marry off his sister to end a religious war, then presided over the slaughter of Protestant wedding guests in what became the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre — an event that broke the Huguenot movement and, by most accounts, broke him too."
tagline: "King of France (1550–1574)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bemberg_Fondation_Toulouse_-_Portrait_de_Charles_IX_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Clouet_-_Inv.1012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1550-06-27"
deathDate: "1574-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           63.47
  momentum:             15
  historical:           26.425752
  currentAttention:     1.107142857142857
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 227
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "France"
    slug: "france"
  - name: "Europe"
    slug: "europe"
  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX_of_France"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Charles%20IX%20of%20France"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B9_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "شارل التاسع ملك فرنسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX_(gazik_ke_Franca)"
    title: "Charles IX (gazik ke Franca)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "دوققوزونجو شارل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/IX_Karl"
    title: "IX Karl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_IX_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Карл IX Валуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_IX_(%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)"
    title: "Шарл IX (Франция)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlez_IX_(Bro-C'hall)"
    title: "Charlez IX (Bro-C'hall)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_IX%2C_kralj_Francuske"
    title: "Karlo IX, kralj Francuske"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carles_IX_de_Fran%C3%A7a"
    title: "Carles IX de França"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_IX._Francouzsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Karel IX. Francouzský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX%2C_brenin_Ffrainc"
    title: "Charles IX, brenin Ffrainc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_9._af_Frankrig"
    title: "Karl 9. af Frankrig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_IX._(Frankreich)"
    title: "Karl IX. (Frankreich)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%98%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Κάρολος Θ΄ της Γαλλίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_la_9-a_(Francio)"
    title: "Karlo la 9-a (Francio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_IX_de_Francia"
    title: "Carlos IX de Francia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX"
    title: "Charles IX"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlos_IX.a_Frantziakoa"
    title: "Karlos IX.a Frantziakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%86%D9%87%D9%85"
    title: "شارل نهم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaarle_IX_(Ranska)"
    title: "Kaarle IX (Ranska)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX_(roi_de_France)"
    title: "Charles IX (roi de France)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%99%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%AA"
    title: "שארל התשיעי, מלך צרפת"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_IX_of_France"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karol_IX_Walezjusz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_IX_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B0"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_IX_de_Francia"
    title: "Carlos IX de Francia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B9_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "شارل التاسع ملك فرنسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Charles Maximilien became King of France at ten in 1560, the penultimate Valois monarch, inheriting decades of Catholic-Protestant tension that erupted into civil war after the massacre of Vassy in 1562. A decade of failed peace efforts led him to arrange his sister Margaret's marriage to Protestant nobleman Henry of Navarre in 1572, a last attempt at reconciliation. Facing popular backlash and urged on by his mother Catherine de' Medici, he oversaw the massacre of Huguenot leaders gathered for the wedding — the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre — though his direct role remains disputed. The killing rekindled religious war; Charles tried to capitalize by besieging the Protestant stronghold of La Rochelle but failed to take it. The massacre haunted him, and historians believe it worsened his physical and mental decline. He died of tuberculosis in 1574 at twenty-three, leaving no legitimate male heir, and his brother Henry III succeeded him.