# Pope Innocent IX - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-innocent-ix
Pontificate: 29 October 1591 – 30 December 1591
Number in the papal list: 230
Born-Died: 1519 - 1591-12-30
Papal era: Counter-Reformation
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_IX

Subject and later the sovereign of the Papal States. Supported the cause of King Philip II of Spain and the Catholic League against King Henry IV of France in the French Wars of Religion.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Gregory XIV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-xiv)
- Next in list: [Pope Clement VIII](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-clement-viii)