Charles IX (1550-1574).

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RENAISSANCE Anonymous: Second son of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, he became king in 1560. Under the influence of his mother and the Guise, he gave the signal for the murder of the protestants at the massacre of St. Bartholomew, but he was tortured by remorse.

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