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Charles II (10 October 1332 – 1 January 1387), known as the Bad, was King of Navarre beginning in 1349, as well as Count of Évreux beginning in 1343, holding both titles until his death in 1387.
Charles II (born 1332—died Jan. 1, 1387) was the king of Navarre from 1349, who made various short-lived attempts to expand Navarrese power in both France and Spain. He was the son and successor of Joan of France, queen of Navarre, and Philip, count of Évreux. Married in 1352 to Joan, daughter of John II of France, he demanded Champagne ...
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King Charles II Died a Horrible, Unfortunate Death. Charles II, Count of Evreux, was King of Navarre from 1349. Almost as soon as he became King, he earned, through his duplicitous dealings and ruthless pursuit of power a further title: Charles the Bad. Driven by a hunger for revenge and a disproportionate sense of entitlement, Charles the Bad ...
Aug 24, 2016 · Charles II (Charles the Bad), 1332–87, king of Navarre (1349–87), count of Évreux; grandson of King Louis X of France. He carried on a long feud with his father-in-law, John II, king of France, procuring the assassination (1354) of John's favorite, Charles de La Cerda, and forming an alliance with King Edward III of England.
When Charles II, King of Navarre was born on 17 May 1332, in Évreux, Eure, Upper Normandy, France, his father, Philippe VI de Valois Roi de France, was 38 and his mother, Jeanne de Bourgogne Reine de France, was 39. He married Jeanne de Valois Capet on 12 February 1352, in Fontenay-Trésigny, Seine-et-Marne, France.
CHARLES II. (1332-1387), called THE BAD, king of Navarre and count of Evreux, was a son of Jeanne II., queen of Navarre, by her marriage with Philip, count of Evreux (d. 1343). Having become king of Navarre on Jeanne's death in 1349, he suppressed a rising at Pampeluna with much cruelty, and by this and similar actions thoroughly earned his ...
Charles II "the Bad" of Navarre (10 October 1332-1 January 1387) was King of Navarre from 6 October 1349 to 1 January 1387, succeeding Joan II and preceding Charles III. Charles was known to be treacherous and ambitious, switching sides several times during the Hundred Years' War with the intent...
