King Charles

Also known as: Charles · Family: France · Role: king of France · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 3

In Book 1, Chapter 3, at Paris, Queen Isabella told King Charles of the injuries Sir Hugh Spencer had done her and asked for his advice and assistance. He promised to provide a remedy, welcomed her and her son King Edward, and arranged apartments and provisions for them from his treasury.

In Chapter 4, after Sir Hugh Spencer’s messengers distributed bribes, King Charles and his council grew cold toward Isabella’s cause. When Pope ordered him to send her back to her husband under pain of excommunication, Charles commanded her to leave France immediately, threatening to make her leave “with shame.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Queen Isabella told King Charles of the injuries Sir Hugh Spencer had done to her and sought his aid.(Book 1, Chapter 3 · 📍 Paris)
  • With: Queen Isabella Sir Hugh Spencer
  • “she related to him all the injuries done to her by Sir Hugh Spencer, and asked of him advice and assistance.”
• King Charles promised to provide a remedy for Queen Isabella’s distress.(Book 1, Chapter 3 · 📍 Paris)
  • With: Queen Isabella
  • “Fair sister, be appeased; for, by the faith I owe to God and to St. Denis, I will provide a remedy.”
• King Charles arranged furnished apartments and treasury provisions for Queen Isabella and Edward.(Book 1, Chapter 3 · 📍 Paris)
  • With: Queen Isabella King Edward
  • “he then left her, and ordered that every thing should be provided, becoming the state of her and her son, from his treasury.”
• The King of France turned cold toward Isabella’s cause after Sir Hugh Spencer’s messengers distributed bribes.(Book 1, Chapter 4)
  • With: Sir Hugh Spencer
  • “These were distributed among the king and his ministers with such effect, that the king and his council were in a short time as cold toward the cause of Isabella as they had before been warm.”
• The Pope ordered the King of France to send Isabella back to her husband under pain of excommunication.(Book 1, Chapter 4)
  • With: Pope Queen Isabella
  • “The nearest relations of the pope, and those most in his counsels, managed the pope in such a manner, that he wrote to the King of France to send back Isabella, Queen of England, to her husband, under pain of excommunication.”
• The King of France commanded Isabella to leave the kingdom, threatening to expel her with shame.(Book 1, Chapter 4)
  • With: Queen Isabella
  • “and commanded her to leave the kingdom immediately, or he would make her leave it with shame.”

Book 1, Chapter 3

• siblings with Queen Isabella “King Charles, her brother, being informed of her coming, sent some of the greatest lords at that time near his person to meet her;”
• younger kin: King Edward “You are welcome, my fair sister, with my fine nephew, your son:”
• with King Edward (Uncle and nephew.) “You are welcome, my fair sister, with my fine nephew, your son:”

Book 1, Chapter 4

• with Sir Hugh Spencer (Sir Hugh Spencer sent gifts to win the King of France to his interest.) “For this purpose he sent over trusty and secret messengers laden with gold, silver, and rich jewels.”
• siblings with Queen Isabella “The king, on receipt of them, caused his sister to be acquainted with their contents (for he had held no conversation with her for a long time), and commanded her to leave the kingdom immediately, or he would make her leave it with shame.”
• with Pope (The pope ordered the King of France to send Isabella back.) “The nearest relations of the pope, and those most in his counsels, managed the pope in such a manner, that he wrote to the King of France to send back Isabella, Queen of England, to her husband, under pain of excommunication.”

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