Philip VI

John II

Charles V

Charles VI

Charles VII

Joan of Arc

Louis XI

Charles VIII

Louis XII

Anne of Britanny

Francis I

Henry II

Catherine de Medici

Francis II

Charles IX

Elizabeth of Austria

Henry III

Louise of Lorraine

Marguerite de Valois

Thousands of Protestants were slaughtered by Catholics in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Charles was sent into a tailspin of grief, hysteria and guilt afterwards. He accused everyone including his mother of plotting against him.