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King of France from 1560. Second son of Henry
II and Catherine de' Medici, he succeeded his
brother Francis II at the age of ten but
remained under the domination of his mother's
regency for ten years while France was torn
by religious wars. In 1570 he fell under the
influence of the Huguenot leader Admiral
Coligny (1517-72); alarmed by this, Catherine
instigated his order for the Massacre of St
Bartholomew, which led to a new religious
war.