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	Charles V of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles V the Wise (French: Charles V le Sage) (January 31, 1338 – September 16, 1380) was king of France from 1364 to 1380 and a member of the Valois Dynasty.
		Charles was born at Vincennes, Île-de-France, France, the son of King Jean II and Bonne of Luxembourg.
		Charles was crowned King of France in 1364 at the cathedral at Reims, France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_V_of_France (2314 words)

	Charles V (of France) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Charles V (of France), called The Wise (1337-1380), king of France (1364-1380), born in Vincennes.
		Charles was the son of Philip I, king of Castile, and Joanna the Mad; maternal grandson of Ferdinand V of Castile and Isabella I; paternal grandson...
		Kings ruled France for more than 1,000 years from the time Pepin III and his son Charlemagne built the kingdom that included what is now modern...
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	Charles V
		Charles V, King of France, called Charles the Wise, was born at the château of Vincennes on the 21st of January 1337, the son of Jean II and Bonne of Luxemburg.
		Charles of Navarre was now at open war with the regent; King Edward III landed at Calais in October; and a great part of the country was exposed to double depredations from the English and the Navarrese troops.
		Charles V was a student of astrology, medicine, law and philosophy, and collected a large and valuable library at the Louvre.
	www.nndb.com /people/310/000093031 (1802 words)

	Martin Luther . The Characters . Charles V \| PBS
		Charles V settled in Germany and sought to become the leader of a universal empire.
		Despite being a devout Catholic Charles V was acutely conscious of Papal power and it was in his interest for the Vatican to be destabilised.
		Charles was soon preoccupied by battles with France and the Ottoman Turks and did not check the spread of Protestantism sweeping his Empire.
	www.pbs.org /empires/martinluther/char_charles.html (382 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles V, king of France (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Son of King John II, Charles became the first French heir apparent to bear the title of dauphin after the addition of the region of DauphinE to the royal domain in 1349.
		Regent during his father's captivity in England (1356–60, 1364), Charles dealt successfully with the Jacquerie revolt, with the intrigues of King Charles II of Navarre, and with the popular movement headed by Etienne Marcel, who had armed Paris against the dauphin.
		Charles and his ministers, the Marmousets, strengthened the royal authority, introduced a standing army, built a powerful navy, and instituted reforms that put fiscal authority more firmly in the hands of the crown.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Charles5Fr.html (362 words)

	Hundred Years War Timeline 1361 - 1370
		Charles V invites Thomas de Pisan, a Doctor of Astrology at the University of Bologna, to come to his court, and keeps him on at a salary of 100 francs a month.
		King Charles V and representatives of the lords of the Aquitaine await Prince Edward in Paris.
		Pope Urban V, "sad, suffering and deeply moved", faced with rebellions abandons his attempt to restore the Papacy to Rome, and embarks on a fleet of richly appointed galleys, sent by Charles V of France, to return to Avignon.
	www.maisonstclaire.org /timeline/1361.html (5226 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Emperor Charles V
		Charles was the son of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, by Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, and Burgundy was the first heritage to which he at his led, on his fathers death in 1506.
		Charles, eager to push the war against the Turks, as well as to restore the unity of Christendom, was ready to partly forego his strict rights both in the Milanese and Burgundy, and to consider the question of the balance of power between his house and that of Valois.
		Charles had now to consider whether he would allow liberty of action to the Protestant princes of Germany, to whom, under pressure of war, he had made concessions, especially at the Diet of Spires in 1544.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03625a.htm (4837 words)

	Charles V - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Charles V, 1500–1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519–58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516–56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of Castile, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy.
		The chief problems Charles faced were the Protestant Reformation in Germany; the dynastic conflict with King Francis I of France, particularly for supremacy in Italy; and the advance of the Ottoman Turks.
		Yet Charles failed in his purpose to return the Protestants to the Roman Catholic Church, and the human and financial cost of constant warfare drained Spanish resources; moreover, Charles's hopes for a universal empire were thwarted by the political realities of Western Europe.
	charlesv.quickseek.com (1475 words)

	Charles V (of France) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		France, officially French Republic (in French, République Française), country in western Europe, bounded on the north by the English Channel, the...
		John II (of France), in French, Jean II, called The Good (1319-1364), King of France (1350-1364), the son of King Philip VI.
		French successes in the Caroline War were due in large part to the skills of two men that Charles V found to lead his armies.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Charles_V_(of_France).html (178 words)

	The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg653 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Charles France VI [Parents] was born in 1368 in France,,.
		Charles V Of France King [Parents] was born in 1337 in Vincennes Son Of King John,,.
		Henry Plantagenet V was born in 1387 in Monmouth Castle,England,.
	users.kricket.net /rajincajun/pafg653.htm (1552 words)

	Charles V
		Born in Ghent, Charles V was the son of Philip I the Handsome, king of Castile, and Joan the Mad, and the grandson of Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, as well as of the Reyes Católicos Isabella I the Catholic, of Castile, and Ferdinand II the Catholic, of Aragon.
		The new king of France, Henry II, was eagerly awaiting an opportunity to renew the old rivalry between the houses of Valois and Burgundy, while the German princes believed that the moment was at hand to repay Charles V for Mühlberg.
		By background and training, Charles V was a medieval ruler whose outlook on life was stamped throughout by a deeply experienced Catholic faith and by the knightly ideals of the late chivalric age.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/more/more4feb/24carl5/241500c5.html (2934 words)

	100war.html
		The "Caroline" war of 1369-89 was dominated by the military establishment of Charles V of France.
		France was virtually paralysed by social strife, political rivalries, and an empty treasury, while her captive king attempted to negotiate a treaty.
		While the French were rebuilding Charles V's system of regular taxes and a salaried army, England began to suffer from problems resembling those which had afflicted France at the turn of the century--princely rivalries around a weak and mentally unstable king.
	www.utexas.edu /depts/french/web/Vessely/pictures/100war.html (1435 words)

	Charles V, King of France by GOTHIC SCULPTOR, French
		Charles was presented in multiple images, recognizable by his bulbous nose and broad face and no longer an ideal type.
		Charles had life-size effigies of himself and his wife placed on one of the doorways of the Louvre palace.
		Charles is wearing a surcotte, which biographers tell us he preferred to the tight courtly fashions of the age, partly because of his fragile health.
	www.wga.hu /html/zgothic/gothic/5/01f_1401.html (225 words)

	Yolande
		Her young son-in-law, the dauphin Charles, was exceptionally vulnerable to designs of the English king, Henry V and to his older cousin, Jean sans Peur (the Fearless), duke of Burgundy.
		Charles' nearest older relatives, the dukes of Orléans and of Bourbon had been made prisoners at Agincourt, and were held captive by the English.
		Charles' title was challenged by the English (and their Burgundian allies), who supported the infant son of Henry V and Catherine, Henry VI of England.
	www.vintagebloomers.com /yolande.html (1090 words)

	Bertrand du Guesclin (1344-1380), Constable of France since 1370 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Charles was supported by the French crown, while his rival was allied with England.
		Entering the service of King Charles V of France on Charles's accession (1364), he won the brilliant victory of Cocherel over the forces of King Charles II of Navarre.
		Ransomed by Charles V, who placed him at the head of the “free companies,” the marauding soldiers who pillaged France after the Treaty of Brétigny between France and England, De Guesclin was sent to Spain to aid Henry of Trastamara (later Henry II of Castile) against Peter the Cruel.
	www.soldiers-russia.com /eagle/el0030c.htm (313 words)

	Showcases :: Coronation Book of Charles V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Charles acted as regent when his father, King John II, was captured at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 and taken to London as a hostage for four years.
		The manuscript held today in the British Library’s collections was commissioned by Charles V in 1365 to commemorate and certify the rituals he underwent at his coronation and anointing one year earlier, on 19 May 1364.
		Individuals are identified by well-known features (Charles’ long nose and reddish hair), clothing (ecclesiastical garb of the Archbishop of Rheims), and heraldry (the fleur-de-lis robe with red border of Louis of Anjou, Charles’ younger brother and heir).
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/euromanuscripts/charlesv.html (1170 words)

	Siege of Orléans and the Loire Valley Campaign (1428-1429)
		Henry V's brother, John of Monmouth and the duke of Bedford, was left as regent of English-occupied France, charged with obtaining the elusive French crown for his nephew, the infant Henry VI (son of the late Henry V and his queen, Catherine de Valois).
		The military weakness of the royal forces inherited by Charles VII is evidenced in the Battles of Cravant (31 July 1423) and Verneuil (16 August 1424).
		At the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War, Charles V of France had sucessfully responded to the English advantage by forcing the English to engage in costly sieges, which in time proved to be prohibitively expensive.
	www.xenophongroup.com /montjoie/orleans.htm (6281 words)

	Dauphin
		The Dauphin was the eldest male child of the French king and heir to the throne of France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties.
		This title descended in his family till 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneurie, called the Dauphiné;, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assumed the title of le Dauphin.
		The last was the Duc d'Angoulême, son of Charles X, who renounced the title in 1830.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/da/Dauphin.html (182 words)

	Marmousets articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Marmousets MARMOUSETS [Marmousets], [Frlittle fellows], ministers of King Charles V of France, so called by the great nobles, who were contemptuous of their humble origins.
		Charles VI CHARLES VI [Charles VI] (Charles the Mad or Charles the Well Beloved), 1368-1422, king of France (1380-1422), son and successor of King Charles V. During his minority he was under the tutelage of his uncles (particularly Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy), whose policies drained the royal treasury
		Charles V CHARLES V [Charles V] (Charles the Wise), 1338-80, king of France (1364-80).
	www.encyclopedia.com /printablenew/29900.html (191 words)

	Important Historical People of Our Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Charles was the son of Philip I, king of Castile, and Joanna the Mad; maternal grandson of Ferdinand V of Castile and Isabella I; paternal grandson of the Habsburg Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I; and great-grandson of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy.
		The war between Charles and Francis, in which Charles was allied with Henry VIII of England and the powerful Charles, duke of Bourbon, proved disastrous to France.
		Summoned to appear before Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in April 1521, he was asked before the assembled secular and ecclesiastical rulers to recant.
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	Synergy: April 2003
		Coronations of Charles V ("the Wise," le Sage) and his consort, Jeanne de Bourbon (1364) This set of two illustrations are near the top of the page, and extend across its entirety.
		Charles V's banquet, at the royal palace, in honor of Emperor Charles IV and King Wenceslaus IV; with entertainment commemorating the First Crusade and the capture of Jerusalem by Godfrey of Bouillon (top of page, across entire page).
		Emperor Charles IV on pilgrimage to the abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
	somethingbeautiful.typepad.com /synergy/2003/04 (3297 words)

	Hundred Years War
		Charles VI also declared his son Charles, the dauphin (later Charles VII), to be illegitimate and repudiated him as his heir.
		On the death of his father, the dauphin proclaimed himself king of France, as Charles VII, but the English claimed the French throne for the infant Henry VI, king of England, whose affairs were being conducted by a regent, John of Lancaster.
		Charles VII was generally recognized as king of France south of the Loire River, and Henry VI as king of France north of the river.
	www.emayzine.com /lectures/hunwar.html (1147 words)

	Charles V - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles V of Naples and II of Spain (1661–1700).
		Infante Carlos of Spain (1788–1855), pretender to the throne of Spain, styled "Charles V" by Carlists.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_V (94 words)

	Maximilian II
		Educated principally in Spain, he gained some experience of warfare during the campaign of Charles V against France in 1544, and also during the war of the league of Schmalkalden, and soon began to take part in imperial business.
		Having in September 1548 married his cousin Maria, daughter of Charles V, he acted as the emperor's representative in Spain from 1548 to 1550, returning to Germany in December 1550 in order to take part in the discussion over the imperial succession.
		Charles V wished his son Philip (afterwards King of Spain) to succeed him as emperor, but his brother Ferdinand, who had already been designated as the next occupant of the imperial throne, and Maximilian objected to this proposal.
	www.nndb.com /people/401/000096113 (868 words)

	CHRISTINE DE PIZAN
		Her father, Tomasso de Pizzano, a famous physician and astrologer, was invited to the court of King Charles V of France when Christine was five years old.
		Unfortunately, King Charles V died that same year, and Tomasso's favorite status at the court, as well as much of his income, was reduced by the new king.
		In 1404, she was commissioned by the duke of Burgundy, Philip the Bold, to write a biography of his deceased brother, King Charles V. She wrote a very flattering first-hand account of the king and his court in The Book of the Deeds and Good Manners of the Wise King Charles V.
	www.asu.edu /languages/fre/FrenchWomen/frewomen/CPizan.htm (515 words)

	Marmousets
		Charles VI when he reached his majority, but they fell from power after he became mad (1392).
		Charles VI, king of France - Charles VI (Charles the Mad or Charles the Well Beloved), 1368–1422, king of France...
		Charles V, king of France - Charles V (Charles the Wise), 1338–80, king of France (1364–80).
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0831916.html (113 words)

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