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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 6602165, member: 77704&quot;]Charles IX 1560-74</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles became King upon the death of Francois II. Still a child, his Mom, Catharina di Medici ruled as his Regent. During this time in France, the Catholics were fighting a religious war vs the Huguenots (Protestants) After the Massarce of Vassy in 1562/ war broke between the two sides. Charles in a peace offer, would force his sister Magaurite de Valois to marry Henry of Navarre (a Huguenot Prince) Furthermore all prominent Huguenot leaders where allowed to attend the Royal Wedding. Now was the perfect time to kill two birds with one stone.Seeing how this wedding had angered the Catholic majority, plus having all the enemy heads in Paris.Calls went out to hunt down anyone of the Huguenot religion. This led to the St. Bartholomews Day Massacre, thousands where killed. Charles ended up dying from a myterious ailment, he died in 1574. Later, it was proven he was poisoned by a book, whose pages where coated with poison. Catharina di Medici had in fact ordered her &quot;expert assassin&quot; to do it, but the book was intended for Henry of Navarre/ somehow Charles got a hold of it and paid the price.</p><p>My coin is from 1567 Saint-Lo Mint[ATTACH=full]1266355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1266355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1266355[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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