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Biography of Charles IV King France I King Navarre 1294-1328

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant

1308 Coronation of Edward II and Isabella

1322 King Philip V of France Dies King Charles IV Succeeds

1328 Death of Charles IV of France Sucession of Philip VI

On 16th August 1284 [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 16) and [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry I King Navarre and [his grandmother] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 36). He the son of [his grandfather] King Philip III of France (age 39) and [his grandmother] Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 19th June 1294 Charles IV King France I King Navarre was born to King Philip IV of France (age 26) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 21). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.10%.

On 2nd April 1305 [his mother] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre (age 32) died.

In 1307 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 12) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 10) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Otto Ivrea IV Count Burgundy and Mahaut Artois Countess Burgundy (age 39). He the son of King Philip IV of France (age 38) and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Coronation of Edward II and Isabella

Adam Murimuth Continuation. 25th February 1308... both he and the queen were crowned by the Bishop of Winchester, Henry, by the commission of Lord Robert, Archbishop of Canterbury. And present at the said coronation were Charles (age 13), the brother of the [his sister] queen (age 13), who later became King of France, Duke of Brittany, Henry (age 33), Count of Luxembourg, who later became Emperor, and Peter de Gavestone (age 24), who nobly appeared, surpassing all, incurred the envy and hatred of all. Also, [his uncle] Louis (age 31), the brother of the [his father] King of France (age 39), was there.

... tam ipse quam ipsa regina fuerunt coronati per episcopum Wyntoniensem Henricum, ex commissione domini Roberti archiepiscopi Cantuariensis. Et dicte coronationi interfuerunt Karolus, frater regine, qui postea fuit rex Francie, dux Britanniæ, Henricus comes Luceburgiæ, qui postea fuit imperator, et Petrus de Gavestone, qui nobiliter apparuit omnes transcendens, invidiam et odium omnium incurrebat. Item, Lodowycus, frater regis Francis, fuit ibidem

In January 1314 [his daughter] Philip Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 19) and [his wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 17). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.29%.

On 29th November 1314 [his father] King Philip IV of France (age 46) died. On 29th November 1314 His son [his brother] Louis (age 25) succeeded X King France: Capet. Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 24) by marriage Queen Consort of France although she was in prison for adultery at the time and died four months later.

In 1315 [his daughter] Joan Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 20) and [his wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.29%.

On 17th May 1321 [his daughter] Joan Capet (age 6) died.

King Philip V of France Dies King Charles IV Succeeds

On 3rd January 1322 [his brother] Philip V King France I King Navarre (age 29) died. His brother Charles (age 27) succeeded IV King France: Capet, I King Navarre although his niece was by right successor to the Kingdom of Navarre.

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In March 1322 [his daughter] Philip Capet (age 8) died.

On 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 25) marriage annulled as a consequence of her adultery. In 1313 Isabella of France Queen Consort England (age 27) gave gifts of coin-purses to her sisters-in-law Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France and Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France. The coin-purses were subsequently seen by Isabella to be in the possession of the Norman knights Gautier and Philippe d'Aunay. When Isabella visited her father King Philip IV of France again in 1314 she informed him she suspected the two sisters to be having affairs with the two knights. The two knights were arrested, confessed to adultery under torture, and were executed. The two women were sentenced to life imprisonment at Château Gaillard [Map]. Margaret's husband Louis X King France I Navarre became King in Nov 1314 whilst she was in prison; she became Queen of France by marriage. Somewhat conveniently she died five months later. Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France remained in prison until her husband Charles IV King France I King Navarre became King in 1322 at which time he had their marriage annulled.

After 19th May 1322 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 27) and Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 18) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Brabant Countess Luxemburg and Namur. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In March 1324 [his daughter] Louis Capet died.

In March 1324 [his daughter] Louis Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 29) and [his wife] Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20).

On 26th March 1324 [his wife] Marie Luxemburg Queen Consort France (age 20) died at Issoudun [Map].

On 5th July 1324 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 30) and Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Louis I Count Évreux and Margaret Artois Countess Évreux. He the son of King Philip IV of France and Joan Blois I Queen Navarre. They were half first cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1326 [his former wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France (age 29) died.

In May 1326 [his daughter] Jeanne Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 31) and [his wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 16). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.78%.

In 1327 [his daughter] Marie Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 17). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.78%.

In January 1327 [his daughter] Jeanne Capet died.

Death of Charles IV of France Sucession of Philip VI

On 1st February 1328 Charles IV King France I King Navarre (age 33) died. On 1st April 1328 His first cousin Philip (age 34) succeeded VI King France: Capet Valois. The succession somewhat complicated by Charles' wife [his former wife] Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France being pregnant. The child [his daughter] Blanche Capet was born two months later on 1st April 1328. A girl child therefore excluded from the succession confirming Philip's as King. Charles the last of the House of Capet. Philip the first of the House of Valois. His niece Joan (age 16) succeeded II Queen Navarre. Her husband [his brother-in-law] Philip "Noble" III King Navarre (age 21) by marriage III King Navarre.

On 1st April 1328 [his daughter] Blanche Capet was born to Charles IV King France I King Navarre and [his former wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 18). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry III of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 5.78%.

On 4th March 1371 [his former wife] Joan Évreux Queen Consort France (age 61) died.

Charles IV King France I King Navarre 1294-1328 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Charles IV King France I King Navarre 1294-1328

Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 4 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 13 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Charles IV King France I King Navarre 1294-1328

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Louis IX of France Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: King Philip III of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Provence Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

Father: King Philip IV of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter II King Aragon

Great x 1 Grandfather: James I King Aragon

GrandMother: Isabella Barcelona Queen Consort France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Géza II of Hungary

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Béla III of Hungary

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Andrew II of Hungary

Great x 1 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon

Charles IV King France I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Blois II Count Champagne IV Count Blois Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Blois I Count Champagne Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Carinthia Countess Champagne and Blois

Great x 2 Grandfather: Theobald Blois III Count Champagne 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marie Capet Countess Champagne

Great x 1 Grandfather: Theobald IV King Navarre 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: García "Restorer" IV King Navarre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Sancho "Wise" King Navarre

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea

GrandFather: Henry I King Navarre 4 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Dampierre

Great x 3 Grandfather: Guy Dampierre

Great x 2 Grandfather: Archambaud "Great" Dampierre

Great x 4 Grandfather: Archambaud Bouron

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Bouron

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre

Great x 2 Grandmother: Alix Forez

Mother: Joan Blois I Queen Navarre 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Philip II of France 2 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adèle Blois Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Louis VIII of France 3 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Ivrea Queen Consort France Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Metz Count Boulogne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Metz Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Swabia

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant