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Philip V, King of France r. 1316–1322 Philip II, King of Navarre r. 1316–1322: Charles the Fair Charles the Bald (1294–1328) Charles IV, King of France r. 1322–1328 Charles I, King of Navarre r. 1322–1328: Isabella of France (c. 1295 –1358) Edward of Caernarfon (1284–1327) Edward II, King of England: Philip the Fortunate Philip of ...
Feb 21, 2024 · Charles V (born Jan. 21, 1338, Vincennes, Fr.—died Sept. 16, 1380, Nogent-sur-Marne) was the king of France from 1364 who led the country in a miraculous recovery from the devastation of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453), reversing the disastrous Anglo-French settlement of 1360. Having purchased the Dauphiné (on ...
The Italian War of 1521–1526, sometimes known as the Four Years' War, [note 3] ( French: Sixième guerre d'Italie) was a part of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Francis I of France and the Republic of Venice against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Henry VIII of England, and the Papal States. It arose from animosity over the election of ...
Coat of arms of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor [1] was the heir of several of Europe's leading royal houses. In 1506, he inherited the Burgundian Netherlands, which came from his paternal grandmother, Mary of Burgundy. In 1516, Charles became the king of Spain, inheriting the kingdoms first united by his maternal ...
Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a legitimate son.
Denier of Charles the Bald struck at Paris. Charles the Bald (French: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). [1] After a series of civil wars during the reign of his father, Louis ...
Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux ( French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) [1] was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until his death in 1883. Henri was the only son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry ...