"Young as I am, I can bear my own sword."
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Refusing to fill the office of , after the death of the Duc de Montmorency in 1567.
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Charles IX of France
1550 – 1574
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.
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