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Charles IV [note 1] (18/19 June 1294 – 1 February 1328), called the Fair ( le Bel) in France and the Bald ( el Calvo) in Navarre, was last king of the direct line of the House of Capet, King of France and King of Navarre (as Charles I) from 1322 to 1328. Charles was the third son of Philip IV; like his father, he was known as "the fair" or ...
Aug 29, 2023 · He officially became executioner in 1795, executing Fouquier-Tinville, president of the revolutionary tribunal who had supplied the vast majority of Charles IV Sanson's death row inmates. He is also famous for having carried out several "multiple" executions, such as those in the Lyon mail affair. Henri II Sanson le dernier: gay and a gambler
Role In: Treaty of Paris. Charles IV (born 1294—died Feb. 1, 1328, Vincennes, Fr.) was the king of France and of Navarre (as Charles I) from 1322, the last of the direct line of the Capetian dynasty. His inglorious reign was marked by his invasion of Aquitaine and by political intrigues with his sister Isabella, wife of King Edward II of England.
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Added: Apr 2, 2001. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 21050. Source citation. French Monarch. Born the third and youngest son of Philippe IV of France and Jeanne I of Navarre about 1294. He married Blanche de Bourgogne about 1306. In 1316 he was created count of La Marche. He succeeded his brother, Phillipe V, as King of France and Navarre early in ...
Retains capital punishment. Capital punishment in France ( French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French Parliament on 19 February 2007 and simply stating "No one can be sentenced to the death penalty" ( French: Nul ne peut ...
Apr 5, 2023 · Published: April 5, 2023 at 2:18 PM. When King Charles IV of France died in 1328 with no surviving children to his name, the Capetian dynasty that had ruled for more than 300 years came to an abrupt end. Just 20 years earlier, Charles’s father, Philippe IV, was entering his fifth decade on the throne of a powerful kingdom, and the future had ...
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CHARLES IV. (1294-1328), king of France, called THE Fair, was the third and youngest son of Philip IV. and Jeanne of Navarre. In 1316 he was created count of La Marche, and succeeded his brother Philip V. as king of France and Navarre early in 1322. He followed the policy of his predecessors in enforcing the royal authority over the nobles, but ...
