Charles IX


noun
  1. 1550–74, king of France 1560–74.

  2. 1550–1611, king of Sweden 1604–11 (son of Gustavus I).

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How to use Charles IX in a sentence

  • Charles IX., who afterwards became rather too fond of these invasions of burgher homes, supped with a good appetite.

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  • During this evening Charles IX., weary with the day's hunting, looked to be forty years old.

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  • That faithful servant was filled with a distrust not shared by Charles IX., a man to whom life was now a burden.

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  • "The word of a king," replied Charles IX., whose curiosity was keenly excited by the question.

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  • His Charles IX was kept back for nearly two years by the censor.

British Dictionary definitions for Charles IX

Charles IX

noun
  1. 1550–74, king of France (1560–74), son of Catherine de' Medici and Henry II: his reign was marked by war between Huguenots and Catholics

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