Thirteen-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IX_of_France" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles IX of France">Charles IX</a> becomes king of France, with Queen Mother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de'_Medici" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Catherine de' Medici">Catherine de' Medici</a> as regent.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_5#cite_note-9" id="mwVA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwVQ">[9]</span></a></sup>
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