Ruler · 1476 – 1559

Pope Paul IV

Lived 1476 – 1559; diplomat. Pope of Papal States, 1555 – 1559. The atlas files them under Kingdom of Naples.

Wikidata's English label: Paul IV.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1476 – 1559; 83 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Pope

Papal States · the 132nd of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

128 before

Pope Paul III1534 – 1549

Pope Julius III1550 – 1555

Marcellus II1555

Pope Paul IV1555 – 1559

Pope Pius IV1560 – 1565

Pope Pius V1566 – 1572

Pope Gregory XIII1572 – 1585

28 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1555 – 1559 · 4 years · came to it aged 79

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; dysentery

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Wikidata Q101430 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.