Charles of Bohemia
Also known as: King of Germany / Lord Charles / Lord Charles of Bohemia · Family: Bohemia · Role: king of Germany · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 48
In Book 1, Chapter 48, Charles of Bohemia, son of the King of Bohemia, held the title of King of Germany and had already quartered the arms of the empire. When King Philip called for aid, Charles joined the other lords who gathered forces and came to the French king with a powerful army.
In Book 1, Chapter 55, Charles came to the engagement in good order, signing his name as King of Germany and bearing the arms. When he saw that the battle was likely to turn against the French, he departed; the account says, “I do not well know what road he took.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Philip called allies to his assistance, and they came to him with powerful forces.(Book 1, Chapter 48)
- With: King Philip King of Bohemia Duke of Lorraine Earl of Savoy Earl of Saltzburg Earl of Flanders (early French campaign) William of Namur
- “These lords had no intention of excusing themselves, but set about collecting a large body of men at arms from Germany, Bohemia, and Luxembourg, and came to the King of France with a powerful army. The King of France wrote also to the Duke of Lorraine, who came to serve him with upward of three hundred lances. The Earl of Savoy, the Earl of Saltzburg, the Earl of Flanders, and Earl William of Namur, came also to King Philip, each of them with a very handsome company.”
- Lord Charles of Bohemia left the battlefield when the French appeared likely to lose.(Book 1, Chapter 55, part 1/2)
- “The Lord Charles of Bohemia, who already signed his name as King of Germany, and bore the arms, had come in good order to the engagement; but, when he perceived that it was likely to turn out against the French, he departed, and I do not well know what road he took.”
Book 1, Chapter 48
- allies with King Philip “King Philip entreated of them to come speedily to his assistance, for he was impatient to meet the English who were despoiling his kingdom.”
- parent: King of Bohemia “and to the Lord Charles of Bohemia, his son, who had then the title of King of Germany, which he had obtained, as was well known, through the influence of his father and the King of France, and he had already quartered the arms of the empire.”
Book 1, Chapter 55, part 1/2
- parent: King of Bohemia “Having heard the order of the battle, he inquired where his son the Lord Charles was: his attendants answered that they did not know, but believed he was fighting.”
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