Editing Charles IX of France (section)

===Birth and childhood===
[[File:François Clouet 005.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Charles IX shortly after acceding to the throne, by [[François Clouet]]]]
Charles Maximilien of France,{{sfn|Anselme|1726|p=134}} third son of King [[Henry II of France]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=921}} was born on 27 June 1550 at the [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]].{{sfn|Paranque|2019|p=115}} He was the fifth of ten children born to the royal couple.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gordetsky |first1=Jennifer |last2=Rabinowitz |first2=Ronald |last3=O'Brien |first3=Jeanne |title=The "infertility" of Catherine de Medici and its influence on 16th century France |url=https://www.canjurol.com/pdfs/DrGordetsky.pdf |journal=The Canadian Journal of Urology |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=4586–4587 |year=2009 |pmid=19364432}}</ref> Styled since birth as [[Counts and Dukes of Angoulême|Duke of Angoulême]], he was created [[Duke of Orléans#Third creation (1519)|Duke of Orléans]] after the death of his elder brother [[Louis of Valois (1549–1550)|Louis]], his parents' second son, who had died in infancy on 24 October 1550. The royal children were raised under the supervision of the governor and governess of the royal children, [[Claude d'Urfé]] and [[Françoise d'Humières]], under the orders of [[Diane de Poitiers]].{{sfn|Édouard|2009|p=24}}

On 14 May 1564, Charles was presented the [[Order of the Garter]] by [[Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon|Henry Carey]].{{sfn|Manley|MacLean|2014|p=18}}