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Charles IX of France

1550 - 1574

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Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 – 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the House of Valois. Charles' reign saw the culmination of decades of tension between Protestants and Catholics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles IX of France has received more than 5,706,372 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Charles IX of France is the 358th most popular politician (up from 368th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from France (up from 158th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Politician.

Charles IX of France is most famous for signing the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which granted Protestants the right to worship in France.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles IX of France ranks 358 out of 19,576. Before him are Mustafa II, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Edward I of England, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Galba, and Julian. After him are Alcibiades, Sigismund III Vasa, Gustaf V of Sweden, Henry V of England, Sergio Mattarella, and Kangxi Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Charles IX of France ranks 2. Before him is Safiye Sultan. After him are John Napier, Willem Barentsz, Charles IX of Sweden, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Jang-geum, John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Stanislaus Kostka, and Karin Månsdotter. Among people deceased in 1574, Charles IX of France ranks 3. Before him are Selim II, and Giorgio Vasari. After him are Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Renée of France, Maarten van Heemskerck, Ebussuud Efendi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles IX of France ranks 148 out of 6,770. Before him are Gérard Depardieu (1948), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), François Hollande (1954), Pope Clement V (1264), and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754). After him are Georges Braque (1882), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Pope John XXII (1244), Zinedine Zidane (1972), Henry II of England (1133), and Petronius (27).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles IX of France ranks 42. Before him are Louis XII of France (1462), Charles V of France (1338), Joachim Murat (1767), Louis XVIII of France (1755), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), and François Hollande (1954). After him are Henry II of England (1133), Georges Pompidou (1911), Philip VI of France (1293), Edward IV of England (1442), Louis VII of France (1120), and Louis VIII of France (1187).

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