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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.
- A Duplicitous Monarch
- The Unsuccessful King
- A Bad Death
When he found out that John and Edward had made peace, Charles set about creating anarchy in Paris. He opened all the prisons and generally plagued John’s son, the Dauphin. When a peasant revolt broke out, Charles the Bad used it as an excuse to raid the countryside and win the favor of the people of Paris until finally in 1360 he made his peace wi...
But for all his scheming, murdering and double-dealing, Charles was actually hugely unsuccessful. His double-dealings with France and England quickly played against him and by 1360, Edward III would no longer deal with him and froze him out of negotiations. Even his machinations with the Spanish failed. After duping both his official and unofficial...
Even Charles of Navarre’s death was a bad one- if the stories are to be believed. By 1387, 54-year-old Charles was seriously ill and infirm and confined to his palace at Pamplona -worn out by his wicked life or so his critics claimed. Doctors were summoned, and the bedridden King was prescribed a ‘body wrap’ of linen soaked in brandy or aqua vita. ...
Nov 15, 2022 · Updated November 16, 2022. The Royal Death Of Charles II of Navarre, The King Who Was Accidentally Burned Alive. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesCharles II suffered an especially gruesome royal death. Charles II of Navarre developed such a reputation that he became known as “Charles the Bad.”
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Dec 14, 2022 · Many of his contemporaries suspected the hand of his longtime nemesis, Charles II “The Bad” of Navarre, in the king’s strange condition. The evidence available to us today does suggest that perhaps Charles II may have poisoned his rival with arsenic around the time that the strange fistula developed.
Apr 12, 2017 · However, when King Philip V died in 1322 he was succeeded by his brother, Charles IV, but the lords from Navarre refused to swear loyalty to him, and when he died in 1328, they declared Joan the rightful monarch of Navarre. Charles was only 17-years-old when his mother died, and he was declared king of Navarre, thus dedicated himself to the ...
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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 ...
