King Charles

         

King Charles IX ♔
Biographical Information
Title:	King of France King Charles IX of France The Dauphin of France Prince Charles
Predecessor:	King Francis II of France
Next in Line:	Prince Henry of France
Born:	June 1547
Age:	15
Height:	5'9
Gender:	Male
Status:	Alive
Religion:	Roman Catholic
Originally From:	Paris, France
Current Location:	French Court
Affiliations:	French Court House of Valois House of Stuart
Relationship Information
Parents:	King Henry II † (Father) Queen Catherine (Mother)
Family:	Sebastian (Half-Brother) King Francis † (Brother) Queen Elisabeth (Sister) Princess Claude (Sister) Prince Louis † (Brother) Prince Henry (Brother) Princess Henriette † (Sister) Princess Emone † (Sister) Clarissa † (Half-Sister) Mary Stuart (Sister-in-Law) John Philip (Nephew)
Interests:	Lady Constance (Lover) Queen Mary (Ex-Fiancé) Lady Madeleine (Ex-Fiancé)
Character Information
First Appearance:	Snakes in the Garden Betrothed
Portrayed By:	Peter Dacunha (Season 1) Spencer MacPherson (Season 3)
GALLERY

Charles IX Of France was the party-boy The Dauphin of France who'd just returned from Spain to be taught by his brother, King Francis’. He has just become the new king of France after his untimely death. However, not being old enough to rule solo, is at the mercy the his privy council, namely Lord Narcisse.

Must See Episodes

• Snakes in the Garden
• Left Behind
• Betrothed

Personality

Prince Charles a a well behaved, polite young man. He is a little shy, but given time, opens up to people he trusts. He eventually becomes a great king.

Early Life

Prince Charles was raised at French Court with the rest of his siblings and both of his parents. He appeared to be closesest with his older brother, King Francis and younger brother, Prince Henry

Season 1

• Snakes in the Garden

Getting engaged soon

Queen Catherine and King Henry talked about Charles's future wife, Madeleine, a young French noble whose's family is wealthy and loyal to the Crown. When Henry agreed to his' wife, Catherine told him in The Throne Room and he was not originally pleased. Francis was ordered to welcome Madeleine who would be traveling by ship to meet with her new fiancé. Mary suggested she comes along too, to ease Madeleine's mind. After a bit of disagreement, it is decided that she will come too.

Hours later, Prince Francis, and Charles talked quietly as Queen Mary slept against the window. Charles made a comment to his brother about her smelling nice, and Francis said exasperatedly that he knew. Francis woke Mary when they arrived, but they are both stopped when they saw a large English war ship on their borders. Francis told Mary and Charles to return to the carriage as he believed that this is an attack on Mary, and ordered the archers to take aim. However Sebastian rode up and explained the situation.

"If they're lying they'll have his head!"

—Sebastian

Tensions die down and Madeleine presented herself as a perfect Lady, but Charles stood back. Mary introduced herself to the young girl and explained who she was. Mary walked her over to Charles who gave her a flower he picked from the ground. Hours later, back at court, Prince Charles and Lady Madeleine played with the servants, both in fancy white clothing.

mad at you

The next day at a picnic for the newly engaged couple, a blindfolded Charles and Madeleine play a game, which involves the former recognizing the voice of the latter. Charles however, wasn't listening to Madeleine, and Madeleine herself wasn't speaking loud enough. Sure enough Madeleine stomped over to Charles and took off his blindfold, annoyed that he couldn't distinguish her voice from the others.

Later, Mary tried to talk to Charles about why Madeleine was upset with him, but she saw him running away from a possible figure. Mary questioned who he was talking to, leading him to tell her about his friend, Clarissa, a mysterious figure, who lives in-between the castle walls.

• Kissed

Mary and Charles were playing with a ball before it got stuck in a tree. Mary climbed the tree and eventually got it back, but Charles had gotten bored already and left.

• Left Behind

Brothers

Henry was playing with his older brother Charles with their oldest brother Francis watched. Count Vincent came in and played with them both on the floor for a while. He left after having a few words with Francis.

Being a big brother

That night Francis' orders Henry and Charles to stand by a window, and no matter what happened, they were not allowed to turn around. But when a man screamed they both looked. Charles covered Henry's eye when a fight between Francis and an Itallian broke out. When it was over, Francis order them to follow him. He lead them to a secret passage in a wall and they, along with the rest of the castles' residence went though. They eventually came out the other side at the horse stables.

• Royal Blood

Going to the Winter Festival

Charles and Henry were excited to have been invited by Mary, to go to The Winter Frost Festival. They rode with Mary in a carriage as Charles and Mary talked. The three of them were interrupted by rioters, they didn't want to see their bloodline on the throne. The men surrounded their carriage and began trying to overturn it. Mary had Charles and Henry dropped to the floor, and cover their faces. They were eventually rescued by their guards and taken back to the castle. Later that night the brothers played together in him room.

The next morning, Sebastian surprised them by bringing The Winter Frost Festival to them. Excited they ran off to explore the fair. But not long after, Charles called Mary over to help him with his mask. But during the Winter Festival, Bash had instructed the boys to seek off into a carriage. Unbeknown to them, were being taken to Italy.

Who's there?

Charles and Henry hid in the back of a straw wagon, and stopped at nightfall for food. Charles told the driver he was cold, and he went to grab a blanket, but never return. Instead Clarissa appeared, she told them how she wanted them all to be a family, and had Charles and his brother walk with her.

The next morning as they watched the sunrise by the lake, Clarissa told them to go find as many rocks as they could. She wanted them to fill their pockets full of them, then go for swim. Charles tried to tell her he couldn't swim, but she ignored him. The boys both started to feel scared, but had nowhere to go.

Don't want to die

To their amazement, their mother, brother, and Mary all showed up. Charles and Henry ran towards Sebastian, but Charles was caught by Clarissa. She held a knife to his throat, and told their mother they could all be together in death. After a fight between all the adults, Mary smashed Clarissa on the head with a rock, killing her. Charles ran to his mother.

Once they were safe and back up the hill, their mother made sure they were all and bundled up. She sent them off with their brother Sebastian, and warned him to make sure they got a bath when they got home. Their brother took them to an waiting carriage to go back to the castle.

Notes

• Charles had an older brother named Prince Louis, but he died a little after he turned one.
• Had two twin sisters, but were murdered when they were only a couple months old.
• Engaged to marry Lady Madeleine when they both turn 16.
• Was one of Clarissa's first friends in the castle.
• Queen Catherine revealed, Charles is no longer engaged to Lady Madeleine.
• Agreed to marry Mary Stuart, after his brothers passing.
• Francis dies, but is brought back to life and Mary Stuart's mother dies in his place.
• Became the King of France after his brother, King Francis, died.
• Was crowned the King of France on Succession.
• Was declared 'of age' after surviving his own attempted murder.

Trivia

• Is was announced June 21, that the part of Prince Charles would be recast for an older actor.
• Charles IX Of France is The Dauphin of France and a mischievous party-boy, he has recently returned from Spain to be taught by his brother. Francis’ time is running out, but Charles is not interested in partaking in his lessons. Charles, has just begun to realize that he may be the next king of France sooner than he’d imagined. - Laurie McCarthy

Historical Notes

• Charles IX of France was the third son of King Henry II and would become Francis' successor in 1560.
• Though he was the next King after his brother Francis, he was never given the title Dauphin of France.
• Charles IX's first, and only wife was from Austria and was named Elisabeth. Together they had a daughter, Marie Elisabeth.
• His name was Charles Maximillian.

Appearances

Season One
Pilot	Snakes in the Garden	Kissed	Hearts and Minds	A Chill in the Air	Chosen	Left Behind	Fated	For King and Country	Sacrifice	Inquisition
Royal Blood	Consummation	Dirty Laundry	The Darkness	Monsters	Liege Lord	No Exit	Toy Soldiers	Higher Ground	Long Live the King	Slaughter of Innocence

Season Three
Three Queens, Two Tigers	Betrothed	Extreme Measures	The Price	In a Clearing	Fight or Flight	The Hound and the Hare	Our Undoing	Wedlock
Bruises That Lie	Succession	No Way Out	Strange Bedfellows	To The Death	Safe Passage	Clans	Intruders	Spiders in a Jar

Related Pages

Pages related to King Charles are the following:

• King Charles 

• History's King Charles 

• House of Valois • King Charles' Coronation • House of Medici 

• Charles and Madeleine's Engagement Party 

• Peter Dacunha • Spencer MacPherson

House of Valois
King:	Charles IX of France	Queen:	Catherine de' Medici (Regent)
Heir:	Henry of Valois	Lands:	Kingdom of France
Title(s):	King of France · King of Poland · King Consort of Scotland · Grand Duke of Lithuania · Duke of Orléans ·
Deceased Members:	Louis of Valois · Henriette of Valois · Emone of Valois · Henry II of France · Francis II of France
Household:	·

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