Charles (son of Philip the Fair)

Also known as: Charles · Family: France · Role: third son of Philip; King of France · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 1

Charles was the third son of Philip, King of France, surnamed the Fair, and brother to Lewis and Philip the Great. The three sons successively became kings of France after their father; Charles’s reign ended when he “died without heirs male.”

After Charles’s death, the twelve peers and barons denied the French succession to his sister, Queen Isabella, and her son, giving the kingdom instead to Philip of Valois.

Relationship record

Life events

• Lewis, Philip the Great, and Charles successively became kings of France after their father.(Book 1, Chapter 1)
  • With: Lewis Philip the Great
  • “All these were kings of France after their father Philip by legitimate succession, one after the other, without having any male heirs:”
• The twelve peers and barons denied Queen Isabella and her son the French succession.(Book 1, Chapter 1)
  • With: Queen Isabella
  • “yet on the death of the last king, Charles, the twelve peers and barons of France did not give the kingdom to Isabella the sister, who was Queen of England”
• The twelve peers and barons gave the kingdom of France to Philip of Valois, bypassing Queen Isabella and her son.(Book 1, Chapter 1)
  • With: Philip of Valois Queen Isabella
  • “For these reasons the twelve peers and barons of France unanimously gave the kingdom of France to the Lord Philip of Valois, nephew to King Philip; and so put aside the Queen of England, who was sister to Charles, the late King of France, and her son.”
• Charles died without heirs male.(Book 1, Chapter 18)
  • “Charles, King of France, died without heirs male.”

Book 1, Chapter 1

• parent: Philip, King of France, surnamed the Fair “and the third, Charles.”
• siblings with Lewis “These three sons were very handsome. The eldest, Lewis, King of Navarre during the lifetime of his father, was called Lewis Hutin; the second was named Philip the Great, or the Long; and the third, Charles.”
• siblings with Philip the Great “the second was named Philip the Great, or the Long; and the third, Charles.”
• siblings with Queen Isabella “the Queen of England, who was sister to Charles, the late King of France”

Book 1, Chapter 18

• with Philip of Valois (Philip succeeds Charles as king of France.) “Charles, King of France, died without heirs male. The twelve peers and barons of France assembled at Paris without delay, and gave the kingdom with one consent to Philip of Valois.”

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