| |  | Charles IX, King of France (June 27, 1550 - May 30, 1574) born Charles-Maximilien of France, was a member of the House of Valois, ruling from 1560... |  | Ambroise Paré was a French surgeon, the official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III, is considered by some as o... | | | Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier, was a French poet, dramatist and politician. The younger brother of André Chénier, he was born at Con... |  | Jacques Amyot (October 30, 1513-February 6, 1593), French Renaissance writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun. He found his way... |  | Karl IX (October 4, 1550 - October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of Gustav Vasa and Margareta... |  | Jean Ribault was a French naval officer, navigator, and a colonizer of what would become the southeastern United States. He was born in the coastal... | | | Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat, belonged to a respected Huguenot family of Rouerque, and received an excellent training in l... |  | Gustav II Adolf (also known as Gustaf Adolf the Great (Swedish "Gustav Adolf den store", Latin "Gustavus Adolphus Magnus"), or Gustavus II... |  | Philibert de l'Orme (c. 1510 - January 8, 1570) was a French architect, one of the great masters of the Renaissance. He was born at Lyon, the son... | | | François de la Noue, called Bras-de-Fer, one of the Huguenot captains of the 16th century, was born near Nantes in 1531, of an ancient Breton f... | |
