Editing Charles IX of France (section)

====Armed peace====
[[File:François Clouet 004.jpg|thumb|Charles IX as an adult, by [[François Clouet]]]]
The war was followed by four years of an uneasy "armed peace", during which time Catherine united the factions in the successful effort to recapture [[Le Havre]] from the English.{{sfn|Knecht|1998|p=93}} After this victory, Charles declared his legal majority in August 1563, formally ending the regency.{{sfn|Knecht|2000|p=118}} However, Catherine continued to play a principal role in politics, and often dominated her son. In March 1564, the King and his mother set out from [[Fontainebleau]] on a [[Charles IX's grand tour of France|grand tour of France]]. Their tour spanned two years and brought them through Bar, [[Lyon]], [[Salon-de-Provence]] (where they visited [[Nostradamus]]), [[Carcassonne]], [[Toulouse]] (where the King and his younger brother Henry were [[confirmation|confirmed]]), [[Bayonne]], [[La Rochelle]], and [[Moulins, Allier|Moulins]]. During this trip, Charles IX issued the [[Edict of Roussillon]], which standardised 1 January as the first day of the year throughout France.